Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tokushima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.5

mindat Locality ID: 29886
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29886.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tokushima, Japan": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Hakuryu Mine
Kaifu District
Katsuura District
Mima District
Miyoshi City
Myozai District
Nonowaki Mine
Oe-gun
Suii Mine
Tokushima City
Yoshinogawa City

Latitude: 34°0'10"N
Longitude: 134°8'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.002777777778,134.14472222222

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.

Alumohydrocalcite	Amphibole	Ardennite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Fluorite	Garnet	Halotrichite	Lawsonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Almandine ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*
Barroisite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sursassite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alumohydrocalcite Amphibole Ardennite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Fluorite Garnet Halotrichite Lawsonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite

32 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			1	76622	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	76622	1022
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	76622	2353
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O			1	76612	46
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆			1	76603	34
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	76622	49
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	360	360	2	76613,76628	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	76623	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	170	170	1	76606	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	170	5	76606,76613,76616,76619,76628	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	76620	2600
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	170	170	2	76606,76622	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	360	360	1	76628	9617
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	360	360	4	76608,76622,76628,76629	286
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	360	170	4	76606,76613,76622,76628	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	76622	5433
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	76608	121
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	76622,76629	93
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	360	360	5	76613,76616,76619,76622,76628	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	360	360	1	76619	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	170	170	4	76606,76610,76622,76623	17380
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	76622	265
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	360	360	3	76622,76623,76625	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	170	5	76606,76613,76616,76619,76628	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	360	360	2	76616,76619	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	170	170	4	76606,76622,76623,76629	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	76622	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	76626	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	360	360	1	76616	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	360	170	0		3418
Sursassite ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₂Al₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃			1	76603	24
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	76610	4899

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
vms-00507	170	170	Jurassic						S	191836	Asakawa Mine, Kaiyou-cho, Kaifu District, Tokushima, Japan	Asakawa	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00547	360	360	Paleozoic						S	224848	Minawa Mine, Miyoshi City, Tokushima, Japan	Minawa	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00555	360	360	Paleozoic						S	217347	Nonowaki Mine, Tokushima, Japan	Nonowaki	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00520	360	360	Paleozoic						S	28720	Higashiyama Mine, Higashiyama-mura, Oe-gun, Tokushima, Japan	Higashiyama	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00537	360	360	Paleozoic						S	28721	Kotsu Mine (Takakoshi Mine; Kotu Mine), Miyama-mura, Yamakawa-cho, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan	Kotsu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
Mo-00157	12.1	11.3	11.7±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	Otome (Ot)	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	17066	Otome Mine (Mitake Mine), Kofu City, Kinpuzan Mining District, Yamanashi, Japan	Higashiyamanashi, Yamanashi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151
Mo-00158	12.22	10.5	11.36±0.86	Re-Os	molybdenite	Otome (Ot)	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	17066	Otome Mine (Mitake Mine), Kofu City, Kinpuzan Mining District, Yamanashi, Japan	Higashiyamanashi, Yamanashi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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