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Locality Name:
Kyoto, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 96.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 86.4

mindat Locality ID: 28668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kyoto, Japan": 82
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Fukuchiyama
Ide-cho
Kameoka City
Kasa District
Kitakuwada District
Kizugawa City
Kyotango City
Kyoto City
Maizuru
Miyazu City
Mukaiyama Mine
Nantan City
Omiya Town
Sakuratani Mine
Sanpei Mine
Soraku District
Uji City
Wachi
Yosa District

Latitude: 35°11'13"N
Longitude: 135°28'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.186944444444,135.47361111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteAnthoiniteApatiteArsenicArsenopyrite
AxiniteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylBrauniteBrookiteBruciteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyrite
ChevkiniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCubaniteDiaspore
DumortieriteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHumiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteKaňkiteMica
MilariteMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOxalatePalygorskitePentlandite
PhosphosideritePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRaspiteRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSepioliteSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeStarkeyiteStibnite
TetrahedriteThortveititeTourmalineTungstiteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

140 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Alleghanyite  (*)Allophane  (*)
Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anthoinite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Bementite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Braunite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celsian  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cymrite  (*)Danalite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dumortierite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galaxite  (*)Galena  (*)Ganophyllite  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Hydrotungstite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Indialite  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)Kaňkite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kellyite  (*)Kinoshitalite  (*)Kobeite-(Y)  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganhumite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Manganosite  (*)Matildite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Momoiite  (*)Mpororoite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Palygorskite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrochroite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Pyroxferroite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Raspite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Richterite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sonolite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thortveitite  (*)
Tinzenite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tungstite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Weddellite  (*)Wiserite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS175566312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)275556,755628803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)575556,75571,75572,75575,75579706
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2375599,75605,7562077
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O175622470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31755822353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2275572,755822162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5475584,75614,75617,756191310
Anthoinite  (*)AnthoiniteAlWO3(OH)317561814
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4175598708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS96.786.4475548,75554,75563,756249052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6175601919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)475577,75585,75605,7562211547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F175571304
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)175556255
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8275599,75605173
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)296.786.4275554,75618606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1896.786.4275554,756184286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi96.786.4275548,755541966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S396.786.4275548,755541935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41755485516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11175548843
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)275577,75585483
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb175596175
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2275572,75582700
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O175618280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)96.786.4375548,75554,7558327770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)417557783
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO296.786.4375548,75554,756245171
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)275566,75592100
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S96.786.4375554,75598,756245707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O175601197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS296.786.4475548,75554,75563,7562427198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8175556577
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1755831025
Copper  (*)CopperCu1755873846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1896.786.4575552,75553,75558,75579,755811008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31755491797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5175548344
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16175595599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S396.786.4275554,75563802
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O17559246
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S17555658
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)175549481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6275566,755834135
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18175549231
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6175609414
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)175548551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1756182740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF296.786.41755549617
Galaxite  (*)SpinelMn2+Al2O417562043
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS96.786.4375548,75554,7556324243
Ganophyllite  (*)Clay(K,Na)xMn2+6(Si,Al)10O24(OH)4·nH2O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)275587,7560545
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S17555660
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1756187437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1755832812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3275583,755981544
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4475577,75585,75587,75603350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3475549,75579,75588,7558914640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O175579144
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)17561857
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)417559887
Hydrotungstite  (*)NoneWO2(OH)2·H2O96.786.417555313
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O396.786.4375553,75572,756095433
Indialite  (*)BerylMg2Al3(AlSi5)O1896.786.4375552,75579,7558124
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4575577,75587,75603,75606,75620172
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O17555699
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O17555628
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O17554838
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41755495591
Kellyite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Mn2+,Mg,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)417560311
Kinoshitalite  (*)Mica ClayBaMg3(Si2Al2O10)(OH)217556620
Kobeite-(Y)  (*)None(Y,U)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 (?)1756098
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2175557210
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)175563451
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4175563311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1756281487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O496.786.4475553,75572,75598,7560914899
Manganhumite  (*)HumiteMn2+7(SiO4)3(OH)217556614
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)275577,75604770
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO475577,75587,75599,7560573
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2175548252
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS817554892
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)275556,756094924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O175556156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS294.987.5275563,756245800
Momoiite  (*)GarnetMn2+3V3+2(SiO4)31755664
Mpororoite  (*)AnthoiniteAl2O(WO4)2·6H2O1756185
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)295.186.4975549,75553,75554,75558,75560,75579,75609,75618,7562417380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6175560128
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1755981236
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)275606,75620186
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x175577121
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1756282994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)94.987.51756242349
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O275555,75559306
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81755631512
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)217560946
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21755662273
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O175618182
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4175601369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS296.786.4775548,75554,75563,75572,75580,75588,7562439462
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)217562056
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2375577,75591,756203106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3175566244
Pyroxferroite  (*)NoneFe2+SiO3375570,75571,7557217
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3375571,75587,75620147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S896.786.4475548,75554,75563,756249056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO296.786.41975548,75553,75554,75556,75560,75566,75569,75572,75579,75580,75588,75589,75595,75609,75617,75618,75622,75624,7562561156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)96.786.417555326
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)975566,75572,75577,75587,75591,75599,75606,75610,756201711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)475566,75599,75605,75620969
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2175566148
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O175548293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2275549,755725614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)96.786.4575548,75554,75618,75624,756254894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)94.987.5275624,756252705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1755481153
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O175628241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)94.987.5275548,756246417
Sonolite  (*)HumiteMn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)2475566,75599,75605,7562050
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31755661214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS96.786.4475548,75554,75563,7562421482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS496.786.4375548,75554,75624668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1217554880
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)96.786.4175553156
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131755481803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)775566,75587,75590,75591,75599,75605,75620240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131755485317
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O7375571,75572,7560954
Tinzenite  (*)AxiniteCa2Mn2+4Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)217560524
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21756282562
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O96.786.4175554118
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)296.786.417555356
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10275583,755981395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O175616636
Weddellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·2H2O17561832
Wiserite  (*)NoneMn2+14(B2O5)4(OH)8·(Si,Mg)(O,OH)4Cl17559115
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31755831247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)96.786.4375553,75572,756095251


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00193296.789.393±3.7K-Arage of host granodioritebiotite6910-123    53775Otani Mine, Gyojayama, Kameoka City, Kyoto, JapanOtaniShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Kristen00193393.686.490±3.6K-Arage of greisenmuscovite   Muscovite  53775Otani Mine, Gyojayama, Kameoka City, Kyoto, JapanOtaniShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Kristen00193495.187.791.4±3.7K-Arage of veinmuscovite6910-122  Muscovite  53775Otani Mine, Gyojayama, Kameoka City, Kyoto, JapanOtaniShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Kristen00193594.987.591.2±3.7K-Ar muscovite6910-137  Muscovite  159557Kaneuchi Mine, Wachi, Kyoto, JapanKaneuchiShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070656Hokkejino, Kizugawa City, Kyoto, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R070656
R140465Isanago Mine, Ohro (Ōro; Ouro; Ooro), Kyotango City, Kyoto, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R140465
R070212Isanago Mine, Ohro (Ōro; Ouro; Ooro), Kyotango City, Kyoto, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R070212

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