Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 50.5

mindat Locality ID: 29030
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29030.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Akenobe Mine
Kabozaka
Natsume Mine
Oya Mine

Latitude: 35°16'59"N
Longitude: 134°39'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.283055555556,134.66638888889

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.

Acanthite	Alumohydrocalcite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Löllingite
Mica	Molybdenite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Pavonite	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Stannoidite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Ullmannite	Vivianite

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alumohydrocalcite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Löllingite
Mica Molybdenite Mordenite Nickeline None Pavonite Pentlandite Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Stannoidite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Topaz Ullmannite Vivianite

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Breithauptite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ikunolite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Laitakarite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Miharaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pavonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Roquesite ()*	Saponite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stannoidite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Vauquelinite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	60.7	50.5	1	74944	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	74945	8803
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O	60.7	50.5	1	74944	46
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	74946	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	60.7	50.5	2	74944,74946	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	60.7	50.5	1	74944	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	60.7	50.5	1	74944	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	60.7	50.5	1	74944	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	60.7	50.5	1	74944	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	60.7	50.5	1	74944	5516
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb			1	74946	175
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	60.7	50.5	1	74944	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	60.7	50.5	1	74944	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	60.7	50.5	1	74944	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	60.7	50.5	1	74944	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	60.7	50.5	1	74944	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	60.7	50.5	1	74944	577
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	60.7	50.5	2	74944,74946	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	60.7	50.5	1	74944	4165
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	60.7	50.5	1	74944	300
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	60.7	50.5	1	74944	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	60.7	50.5	1	74944	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	60.7	50.5	1	74944	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	60.7	50.5	1	74944	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	60.7	50.5	2	74944,74946	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	60.7	50.5	1	74944	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	60.7	50.5	1	74944	14640
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	60.7	50.5	1	74944	54
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆			1	74945	154
Laitakarite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄(Se,S)₃	60.7	50.5	1	74944	30
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	60.7	50.5	1	74944	14899
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	60.7	50.5	1	74944	92
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆	60.7	50.5	1	74944	19
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	60.7	50.5	1	74944	5800
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	60.7	50.5	1	74944	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	60.7	50.5	1	74944	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	74946	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃			1	74946	176
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	60.7	50.5	1	74944	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	74946	767
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	74945	247
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	60.7	50.5	1	74944	72
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	74946	1512
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	60.7	50.5	1	74944	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	60.7	50.5	1	74944	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	60.7	50.5	2	74944,74946	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	60.7	50.5	1	74944	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			1	74946	233
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	60.7	50.5	1	74944	46
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	60.7	50.5	1	74944	301
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	60.7	50.5	1	74944	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	60.7	50.5	1	74944	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	60.7	50.5	1	74944	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	60.7	50.5	2	74944,74946	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	60.7	50.5	1	74944	668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	60.7	50.5	1	74944	80
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	60.7	50.5	1	74944	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	74946	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	60.7	50.5	1	74944	1476
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS			1	74946	293
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	60.7	50.5	1	74944	63

2 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
	Kristen001941	60.7	54.9	57.8±2.9	K-Ar			whole rock	6910-155						8387	Akenobe Mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo, Japan	Akenobe	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207
	Kristen001942	54.7	50.5	52.6±2.1	K-Ar			whole rock	70TO-9						8387	Akenobe Mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo, Japan	Akenobe	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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