Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nippyo Mine (Yokoneyama), Awano, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 63.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22.3

mindat Locality ID: 5812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nippyo Mine (Yokoneyama), Awano, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Corundum	Garnet	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt

Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Proto-ferro-suenoite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Ti W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Columbite Corundum Garnet Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrosmalite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	63.5	22.3	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	63.5	22.3	966
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	63.5	22.3	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	63.5	22.3	24243
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	63.5	22.3	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	63.5	22.3	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	63.5	22.3	1271
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	63.5	22.3	767
Proto-ferro-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	63.5	22.3	3
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	63.5	22.3	244
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Fe²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	63.5	22.3	38
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH,Cl)₁₀	63.5	22.3	25
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	63.5	22.3	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	63.5	22.3	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	63.5	22.3	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	63.5	22.3	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	63.5	22.3	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	63.5	22.3	1214

2 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-00336	63.5	54.3	58.9±4.6	Re-Os			molybdenite	Owashi (Ow)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	143339	Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	Kanuma, Tochigi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151
	Mo-00337	32.7	22.3	27.5±5.2	Re-Os			molybdenite	Owashi (Ow)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	143339	Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	Kanuma, Tochigi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-190	Nippyo Mine (Yokoneyama), Awano, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-190
R061000	Nippyo Mine (Yokoneyama), Awano, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	https://rruff.info/R061000
R060999	Nippyo Mine (Yokoneyama), Awano, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	https://rruff.info/R060999

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