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Locality Name:
Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 69.9

mindat Locality ID: 31557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ikuno Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Au Be Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H In K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluminiteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayCobaltiteColumbiteCopperEnargiteFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSodaliteSphalerite
StanniteStannoiditeStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aluminite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Benjaminite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Danalite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Ikunolite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Mawsonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Petrukite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Roquesite  (*)Sakuraiite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S75.769.91748682793
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O75.769.917486878
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)475.769.9174870246
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs75.769.9174868379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS75.769.91748689052
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1275.769.9374868,74869,7487145
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi75.769.9274868,748701966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S375.769.9274868,748701935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS475.769.9274868,748705516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)675.769.91748681633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)75.769.9374868,74870,7487227770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS675.769.917486891
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO275.769.9274868,748705171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O75.769.9174868925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS275.769.9274868,7487027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS75.769.9174868966
Copper  (*)CopperCu75.769.91748683846
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S75.769.917486858
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O75.769.9174868814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)75.769.9274868,74870551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF275.769.9274868,748709617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS75.769.9374868,74870,7487224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu75.769.9274868,7487230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O75.769.9274868,748706890
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)75.769.9174868469
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S375.769.9274868,7487054
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS475.769.917486882
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O75.769.91748701271
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS275.769.91748685674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS275.769.9174868252
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS875.769.9274868,7487092
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)275.769.917486817380
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S575.769.9274868,7487072
Petrukite  (*)Enargite Wurtzite(Cu,Ag)2(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S475.769.917486812
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS375.769.9174868733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS375.769.91748681425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS275.769.9374868,74870,7487239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S875.769.91748689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO275.769.9374868,74870,7487261156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS75.769.9174868712
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS275.769.917486846
Sakuraiite  (*)Stannite Sphalerite(Cu,Zn,Fe)3(In,Sn)S475.769.917486810
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)75.769.9274868,748704894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)75.769.9274868,748706417
Silver  (*)CopperAg75.769.9374868,74870,748725186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS75.769.9374868,74870,7487221482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)75.769.917486852
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS475.769.9174868668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1275.769.9274868,7487080
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS475.769.9174868586
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1375.769.9274868,748701803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1375.769.9274868,748705317
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS375.769.917486889



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
Kristen00194075.769.972.8±2.9K-Ar whole rockIK-3    11621Ikuno Mine, Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo, JapanIkunoShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 


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