Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Otani Mine, Gyojayama, Kameoka City, Kyoto, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 96.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 86.4

mindat Locality ID: 53775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Otani Mine, Gyojayama, Kameoka City, Kyoto, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°2'0"N
Longitude: 135°31'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.033333333333,135.51666666667

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cubanite	Fluorite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite
Tungstite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tungstite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cubanite Fluorite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite
Tungstite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	96.7	86.4	9052
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	96.7	86.4	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	96.7	86.4	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	96.7	86.4	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	96.7	86.4	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	96.7	86.4	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	96.7	86.4	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	96.7	86.4	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	96.7	86.4	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	96.7	86.4	802
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	96.7	86.4	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	96.7	86.4	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	95.1	86.4	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	96.7	86.4	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	96.7	86.4	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	96.7	86.4	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	96.7	86.4	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	96.7	86.4	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	96.7	86.4	668
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	96.7	86.4	118

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen001932	96.7	89.3	93±3.7	K-Ar	age of host granodiorite	biotite	6910-123		53775	Otani Mine, Gyojayama, Kameoka City, Kyoto, Japan	Otani	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207
Kristen001933	93.6	86.4	90±3.6	K-Ar	age of greisen	muscovite		Muscovite	53775	Otani Mine, Gyojayama, Kameoka City, Kyoto, Japan	Otani	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207
Kristen001934	95.1	87.7	91.4±3.7	K-Ar	age of vein	muscovite	6910-122	Muscovite	53775	Otani Mine, Gyojayama, Kameoka City, Kyoto, Japan	Otani	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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