Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wakayama, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 360

mindat Locality ID: 29239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wakayama, Japan": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Arida City
Arida District
Hidakagawa-cho
Higashimuro District
Iwade City
Kinokawa City
Naga District
Otsuga-mura
Sano Mine
Shibuta
Shingu City
Tanabe City

Latitude: 33°57'3"N
Longitude: 135°37'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.950833333333,135.62888888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Devilline	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Kaolinite	Löllingite
Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Vivianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Alloclasite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Devilline ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Ferrosilite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mcalpineite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rickardite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Teineite ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 As Au C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Devilline Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite Kaolinite Löllingite
Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Stilpnomelane Titanite Vivianite Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	76756,76778	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	360	360	1	76781	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	360	360	6	76756,76768,76778,76781,76786,76788	8803
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	360	360	1	76781	77
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS			1	76784	56
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	76766	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	360	360	2	76772,76781	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	360	360	1	76781	483
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	76772	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	360	4	76769,76770,76772,76781	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	76776	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	76761	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			2	76766,76784	966
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	360	360	1	76781	366
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	76772	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			2	76772,76776	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	76758	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			2	76768,76788	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	76756,76768,76778,76788	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	76766	814
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆			2	76768,76788	84
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	76790	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	76770	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS			1	76784	131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	76776	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	360	360	1	76781	14640
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	76785	144
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	360	360	3	76768,76781,76788	5433
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	360	360	2	76781,76791	172
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	76758	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	360	360	5	76756,76768,76778,76781,76788	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	76769,76772	5674
Mcalpineite ()*	None	Cu₃Te⁶⁺O₆			1	76776	12
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	76756,76768,76778,76788	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	360	4	76769,76772,76781,76788	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	360	360	1	76781	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	360	360	1	76781	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	360	360	11	76756,76763,76766,76768,76769,76776,76778,76781,76784,76785,76788	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	360	360	1	76781	1711
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂			1	76776	52
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	360	360	3	76778,76781,76788	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	76773	598
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O			1	76769	73
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	360	360	1	76781	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	360	360	2	76770,76781	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			2	76756,76778	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	76763	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	360	360	1	76781	456
Teineite ()*	None	Cu²⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O			1	76776	14
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	76756,76778,76788	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	76768,76788	5251

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
	vms-00526	360	360	Paleozoic										S	28719	Iimori Mine, Afuzu-mura, Naga District, Wakayama, Japan	Iimori	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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