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Locality Name:
Tawara (Tahara), Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 50993
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50993.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tawara (Tahara), Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Isobe Quarry
Iwaguro Sekizai Quarry

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.

Allanite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Hellandite	Malachite
Mica	Mixite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Agardite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bazzite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Britholite-(Y) ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hingganite-(Ce) ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*
Malachite ()*	Masutomilite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Phenakite ()*	Proto-ferro-anthophyllite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stokesite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Wodginite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Sc Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Sc Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Hellandite Malachite
Mica Mixite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

46 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
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	66.8	61.6	0		90
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	66.8	61.6	1	74478	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66.8	61.6	0		706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	66.8	61.6	1	74477	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	66.8	61.6	0		9052
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	66.8	61.6	0		51
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	0		606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	66.8	61.6	0		4286
Britholite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	(Y,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	66.8	61.6	0		28
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	66.8	61.6	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66.8	61.6	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	66.8	61.6	1	74478	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66.8	61.6	0		27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	66.8	61.6	0		577
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	66.8	61.6	0		518
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	66.8	61.6	0		648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66.8	61.6	0		8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	66.8	61.6	0		371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	66.8	61.6	2	74477,74478	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66.8	61.6	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66.8	61.6	0		7437
Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hellandite	(Ca,REE)₄Y₂Al ₂(B₄Si₄O₂₂)(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	0		18
Hingganite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	BeCe(SiO₄)(OH)	66.8	61.6	1	74478	13
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	66.8	61.6	1	74478	55
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	66.8	61.6	0		99
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	0		12537
Masutomilite ()*	Mica	KLiAlMn²⁺(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂	66.8	61.6	0		12
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	66.8	61.6	2	74477,74478	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	66.8	61.6	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	0		17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	66.8	61.6	0		2994
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	66.8	61.6	0		326
Proto-ferro-anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	0		2
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66.8	61.6	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66.8	61.6	1	74478	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	66.8	61.6	0		4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	66.8	61.6	0		2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	66.8	61.6	0		1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66.8	61.6	0		21482
Stokesite ()*	None	CaSnSi₃O₉·2H₂O	66.8	61.6	1	74478	21
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	66.8	61.6	0		1803
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	66.8	61.6	0		1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	66.8	61.6	0		1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	66.8	61.6	0		1059
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	66.8	61.6	0		78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	66.8	61.6	0		5251

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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