Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Naga District, Wakayama, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 293573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Naga District, Wakayama, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

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

Latitude: 34°14'51"N
Longitude: 135°26'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.2475,135.43888888889

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.

Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Devilline	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Devilline ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jacobsite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Devilline Feldspar Garnet Humite None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane

20 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	360	360	1	76781	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	360	360	1	76781	8803
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	360	360	1	76781	77
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	360	360	1	76781	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	360	360	1	76781	483
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	360	1	76781	27198
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	360	360	1	76781	366
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	360	360	1	76781	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	360	360	1	76781	5433
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	360	360	1	76781	172
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	360	360	1	76781	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	360	1	76781	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	360	360	1	76781	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	360	360	1	76781	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	360	360	1	76781	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	360	360	1	76781	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	360	360	1	76781	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	360	360	1	76781	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	360	360	1	76781	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	360	360	1	76781	456

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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