Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yame City, Fukuoka, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 92.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 86.5

mindat Locality ID: 289177
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289177.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yame City, Fukuoka, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hoshino-mura

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Clay	Copper	Cristobalite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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: Al Au C Ca Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Cristobalite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Gold ()*	Laumontite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	92.3	86.5	1	74252	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	92.3	86.5	1	74252	453
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	92.3	86.5	1	74252	30554
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	92.3	86.5	1	74252	1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	92.3	86.5	1	74252	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	92.3	86.5	1	74252	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	92.3	86.5	1	74252	61156

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00243	92.3	86.5	89.4±2.9	Re-Os			molybdenite	Fukuoka (Fk)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	40458	Fukuoka, Japan	Fukuoka, Fukuoka	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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