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Locality Name:
Kochi, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 29795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kochi, Japan": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Asemi-gawa River Area
Betchaku Mine
Hohgashoh Mine (Hogasho Mine)
Ino
Kacho Mine (Kachoh Mine)
Kami City
Kashiratsudoi
Katsugase
Kochi City
Konan City
Kunimiyama Mine
Motoyamamachi
Mukawa Mine
Nagaoka-gun
Nankoku City
Niyodogawa
Soranokawa
Takaoka-gun
Tosa City
Tosa District
Tosakubo Mine
Tosashimizu City
Toyama Mine
Yoshino

Latitude: 33°40'8"N
Longitude: 133°33'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.668888888889,133.55805555556
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 C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Nb Nd Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteArdenniteAuricuprideAxinite
BaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteChevkiniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetHeulandite
HumiteHydrotalciteIlvaiteMicaNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePectolite
PerovskitePrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
SerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTalcTobermoriteTourmalineTurquoiseWavellite
Zircon

117 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Alleghanyite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Ardennite-(As)  (*)Awaruite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Bannisterite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Bunnoite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)
Celsian  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Cymrite  (*)Datolite  (*)Desautelsite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epidote-(Sr)  (*)Farringtonite  (*)Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fluorwavellite  (*)Foitite  (*)Gageite  (*)Ganophyllite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)
Goethite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heulandite-Ba  (*)Heulandite-Sr  (*)Howieite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Inesite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Manganbabingtonite  (*)Manganosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Natronambulite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Okhotskite  (*)Opal  (*)
Parsettensite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Piemontite-(Sr)  (*)
Planerite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrobelonite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rosenhahnite  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)
Schreibersite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Slawsonite  (*)Sonolite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stanfieldite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Stronalsite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Tacharanite  (*)Talc  (*)Taneyamalite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Tinzenite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Troilite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Vashegyite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vuagnatite  (*)Wakefieldite-(Nd)  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Xonotlite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2275499,755243419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6275485,754991022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)675463,75485,75487,75499,75501,755058803
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2375472,75492,7549977
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31754991534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1754873250
Ardennite-(As)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(AsO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)6275463,7549634
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe175507166
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2475473,75499,75501,7550288
Bannisterite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(Ca,K,Na)(Mn2+,Fe2+)10(Si,Al)16O38(OH)8·nH2O17549920
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)475499,75501,75505,7551611547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8775471,75472,75473,75492,75499,75501,75523173
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O175510178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43603601755195516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)675463,75473,75499,75500,75501,75505483
Bunnoite  (*)Not in a structural groupMn2+6AlSi6O18(OH)31754671
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O175489280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1275463,75471,75473,75487,75492,75494,75499,75501,75505,75516,75520,7552327770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4360360175519154
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)4775467,75471,75472,75473,75499,75500,7550583
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)175491100
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3603601755195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2360360575465,75492,75494,75497,7551927198
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)217552289
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4375475,75480,754823902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1754992600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81754821756
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6175522518
Copper  (*)CopperCu1754923846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3603601755194165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6375468,75477,75478310
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O17549146
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)360360475481,75487,75499,75519498
Desautelsite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Mn3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O1754849
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61754914135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)360360275493,755198173
Epidote-(Sr)  (*)EpidoteCaSr(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1754998
Farringtonite  (*)NoneMg3(PO4)21754757
Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Fe3+AlFe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)17552228
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21755229617
Fluorwavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O17548826
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)17547675
Gageite  (*)NoneMn2+21Si8O27(OH)2017549914
Ganophyllite  (*)Clay(K,Na)xMn2+6(Si,Al)10O24(OH)4·nH2O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)675472,75473,75499,75500,75505,7552345
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2175487286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1754897437
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4275473,7548561
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3275487,754911544
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4475467,75472,75499,75505350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33603601175463,75467,75471,75492,75497,75499,75500,75501,75505,75519,7552314640
Heulandite-Ba  (*)Heulandite(Ba,Ca,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·22H2O1755168
Heulandite-Sr  (*)Heulandite(Sr,Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72·24H2O1755169
Howieite  (*)NoneNa(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al,Mg)12(Si6O17)2(O,OH)10275467,7548516
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)417547987
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3275497,755225433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)175485197
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O17546950
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4275472,75500172
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6375466,75481,75487154
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1755161271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4360360575471,75472,75485,75492,7551914899
Manganbabingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Mn2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1754856
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO17547373
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)236036017551917380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1754871236
Natronambulite  (*)RhodoniteNaMn2+4Si5O14(OH)1754997
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)375492,75499,75523186
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x175514121
Okhotskite  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Mn2+Mn3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O1754995
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1754922994
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O17549943
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)175487363
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3175483495
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)575463,75467,75500,75501,75505260
Piemontite-(Sr)  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCaSr(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)275499,7550212
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O17548943
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2375487,75491,754991898
Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Mn2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O17549915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2360360575465,75492,75497,75519,7552039462
Pyrobelonite  (*)DescloizitePbMn2+VO4(OH)17547121
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2275474,754923106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83603601755199056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23603601575463,75467,75472,75473,75489,75499,75500,75501,75505,75511,75515,75519,75520,75522,7552361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)975471,75472,75473,75492,75499,75500,75501,75505,755231711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)975467,75472,75473,75492,75499,75500,75501,75505,75523969
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2175485375
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10175500312
Rosenhahnite  (*)NoneCa3Si3O8(OH)2275481,754878
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2275463,755225614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8175522353
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P175475374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1755206417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3603601755195186
Slawsonite  (*)NoneSr(Al2Si2O8)375481,75487,7549112
Sonolite  (*)HumiteMn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)217547250
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS360360275497,7551921482
Stanfieldite  (*)NoneCa4Mg5(PO4)617547514
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O475467,75472,75500,75505456
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS360360175519332
Stronalsite  (*)NoneNa2SrAl4Si4O1617548710
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)175473589
Tacharanite  (*)NoneCa12Al2Si18O33(OH)36275481,7548747
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2275463,755243337
Taneyamalite  (*)None(Na,Ca)Mn2+12(Si,Al)12(O,OH)441754995
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)275472,75499240
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1755221006
Tinzenite  (*)AxiniteCa2Mn2+4Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2275499,7550524
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)175487114
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1754751044
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3275480,75482212
Vashegyite  (*)NoneAl11(PO4)9(OH)6·38H2O17546828
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O175489652
Vuagnatite  (*)AdeliteCaAlSiO4(OH)275481,7548714
Wakefieldite-(Nd)  (*)ZirconNdVO41754712
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O175489374
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2375481,75487,75491109
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1755225251


1 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
vms-00567360360Paleozoic       S28723Shirataki Mine, Okawa-mura, Tosa District, Kochi, JapanShiratakiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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