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Locality Name:
Nakayama Deposit, Nakatatsu Mine, Ono City, Fukui, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54

mindat Locality ID: 61953
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61953.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nakayama Deposit, Nakatatsu Mine, Ono City, Fukui, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°52'50"N
Longitude: 136°34'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.880555555556,136.58305555556
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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetNickelineNonePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWollastonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)262.55403419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)362.55401534
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)262.5540101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)62.554027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS262.554027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O662.55404135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)62.55408173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS62.554024243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O662.5540741
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O662.554073
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S862.55409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO262.554061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)62.55404894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS62.554021482
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO362.55401247


2 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
Kristen00195362.557.760.1±2.4K-Ar muscovite74NK-4 YesMuscovite  135454Nakatatsu Mine, Ono City, Fukui, JapanNakatatsuShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
sedznpb-00281545454     Yes  135454Nakatatsu Mine, Ono City, Fukui, JapanNakatatsuSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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