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:
Tohgane Mine (Togane Mine), Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 61.6

mindat Locality ID: 32168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tohgane Mine (Togane Mine), Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ichiyanagi Deposit (Ichiyanagi Mine)

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

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Löllingite	Mixite	None	Quartz	Symplesite

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 Bi Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Fe H O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Löllingite Mixite None Quartz Symplesite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Mixite ()*	Philipsbornite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorodite ()*	Segnitite ()*	Symplesite ()*

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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	66.8	61.6	0		9052
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	66.8	61.6	0		762
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	66.8	61.6	1	74480	168
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	66.8	61.6	0		51
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66.8	61.6	0		61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	66.8	61.6	0		1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	66.8	61.6	0		134
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	66.8	61.6	1	74480	92

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
	Mo-00083	66.8	61.6		K-Ar						Yes		Koechlinite, Molybdenite	Mo	6411	Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan		Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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