Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.8

mindat Locality ID: 31198
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31198.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Chikasato Mine
Hakusan-mura
Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine)
Kurauchi Mine
Mie-cho-washidani
Obira Mine
Ogata

Latitude: 32°55'45"N
Longitude: 131°31'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.929166666667,131.51777777778

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Cylindrite	Danburite	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Ilvaite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

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 B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Axinite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Cylindrite Danburite Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Ilvaite Löllingite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Talc Titanite Tourmaline
Vesuvianite Wollastonite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Danburite ()*
Datolite ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Galena ()*
Grunerite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Herzenbergite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malayaite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Retgersite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Schorl ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Varlamoffite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	76035	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	13.8	13.8	2	76028,76033	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	13.8	13.8	3	76028,76033,76034	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	76033	260
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	76033	88
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	76033	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	76033	843
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	76035	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13.8	13.8	2	76028,76033	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	13.8	13.8	3	76028,76033,76034	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	13.8	13.8	2	76028,76033	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	76025,76032	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			3	76025,76032,76033	1756
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃			1	76025	127
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈			1	76033	148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	76033	498
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	76034	648
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	13.8	13.8	3	76028,76033,76034	9617
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	13.8	13.8	1	76028	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	13.8	13.8	2	76028,76033	24243
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	76033	223
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	76033	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	76033	741
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	76033	1689
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS	13.8	13.8	1	76028	35
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)			1	76033	197
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	13.8	13.8	2	76028,76033	784
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	13.8	13.8	1	76028	234
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	76033	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	76033	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	76033	14899
Malayaite ()*	Titanite	CaSnO(SiO₄)	13.8	13.8	1	76028	40
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	13.8	13.8	2	76028,76033	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	76033	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	76031	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	76033	5800
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃			1	76031	176
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	76040	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13.8	13.8	2	76028,76033	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			2	76029,76033	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	13.8	13.8	2	76028,76033	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13.8	13.8	6	76028,76031,76033,76034,76035,76037	61156
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	76031	55
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	13.8	13.8	1	76028	1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	76033,76034	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	13.8	13.8	2	76028,76033	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	13.8	13.8	2	76028,76033	668
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	76033	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	76033	3337
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	13.8	13.8	1	76028	56
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	76033	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	13.8	13.8	1	76028	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂			1	76032	109

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
	sedznpb-00277	13.8	13.8	13.8											9901	Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan	Hoei	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060946	Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan	https://rruff.info/R060946

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