Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 6411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°32'49"N
Longitude: 137°23'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.546944444444,137.39027777778

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	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Fluorite	Löllingite	Matlockite
Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Topaz	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Koechlinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*
Zavaritskite ()*	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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mo O P S Si Sn W Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Bismutite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Fluorite Löllingite Matlockite
Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite
Topaz Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	66.8	61.6	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	66.8	61.6	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	66.8	61.6	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	66.8	61.6	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	66.8	61.6	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	66.8	61.6	716
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	66.8	61.6	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66.8	61.6	27198
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	66.8	61.6	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	66.8	61.6	9617
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	66.8	61.6	39
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	66.8	61.6	762
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	66.8	61.6	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	66.8	61.6	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66.8	61.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66.8	61.6	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	66.8	61.6	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66.8	61.6	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	66.8	61.6	1476
Zavaritskite ()*	Matlockite	BiOF	66.8	61.6	26
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	66.8	61.6	5251

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
	Kristen001936	66.8	61.6	64.2±2.6	K-Ar			muscovite	6911-220			Muscovite			6411	Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan	Ebisu	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207
	Mo-00083	66.8	61.6		K-Ar								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
R070592	Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan	https://rruff.info/R070592

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