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Locality Name:
Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 7032
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7032.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ebisu Mine
Ichinose
Kindani-chouba Quarry
Tawara (Tahara)
Tohgane Mine (Togane Mine)
Yagenyama

Latitude: 35°32'48"N
Longitude: 137°23'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.546666666667,137.39027777778

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl
Bismutite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Hellandite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Lazulite	Malachite	Matlockite
Mica	Milarite	Mixite	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Symplesite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	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 Bi 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 B Be Ca Ce Fe H K Ln Nb O P Si Th Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl
Bismutite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Hellandite Kaolinite Löllingite Lazulite Malachite Matlockite
Mica Milarite Mixite Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Symplesite Tetrahedrite
Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

75 IMA Minerals at location:

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*
Andalusite ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bazzite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Britholite-(Y) ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Corundum ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hingganite-(Ce) ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Koechlinite ()*	Laihunite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Masutomilite ()*	Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*	Mixite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*
Philipsbornite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Proto-ferro-anthophyllite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*
Scorzalite ()*	Segnitite ()*	Sekaninaite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stillwellite-(Ce) ()*
Stokesite ()*	Symplesite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Zavaritskite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	66.8	61.6	0		141
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	66.8	61.6	1	74476	90
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	66.8	61.6	3	74475,74476,74478	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66.8	61.6	1	74476	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	66.8	61.6	2	74476,74477	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	66.8	61.6	1	74481	1310
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	0		356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	66.8	61.6	4	74473,74475,74476,74479	9052
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	66.8	61.6	1	74476	51
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	1	74476	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	66.8	61.6	2	74473,74476	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	66.8	61.6	1	74473	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	66.8	61.6	1	74473	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	66.8	61.6	1	74473	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	66.8	61.6	1	74473	716
Britholite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	(Y,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	66.8	61.6	1	74476	28
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	66.8	61.6	1	74476	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66.8	61.6	1	74476	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	66.8	61.6	2	74473,74478	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66.8	61.6	2	74473,74476	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	66.8	61.6	1	74476	577
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	66.8	61.6	1	74476	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	66.8	61.6	1	74481	1797
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	66.8	61.6	1	74476	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66.8	61.6	1	74476	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	66.8	61.6	1	74476	371
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	66.8	61.6	1	74473	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	66.8	61.6	4	74473,74476,74477,74478	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66.8	61.6	1	74476	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66.8	61.6	1	74476	7437
Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hellandite	(Ca,REE)₄Y₂Al ₂(B₄Si₄O₂₂)(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	1	74476	18
Hingganite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	BeCe(SiO₄)(OH)	66.8	61.6	1	74478	13
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	66.8	61.6	2	74476,74478	55
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	66.8	61.6	1	74476	99
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	66.8	61.6	0		5591
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	66.8	61.6	1	74473	39
Laihunite ()*	None	(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺, )₂(SiO₄)	66.8	61.6	0		15
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	66.8	61.6	2	74473,74479	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66.8	61.6	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	1	74476	12537
Masutomilite ()*	Mica	KLiAlMn²⁺(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂	66.8	61.6	1	74476	12
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	66.8	61.6	3	74476,74477,74478	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	66.8	61.6	0		156
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	66.8	61.6	1	74480	168
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	66.8	61.6	2	74473,74476	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	66.8	61.6	1	74473	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	3	74473,74476,74481	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	66.8	61.6	1	74476	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	66.8	61.6	0		2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	66.8	61.6	1	74476	326
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	66.8	61.6	1	74479	51
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	0		1898
Proto-ferro-anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	1	74476	2
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66.8	61.6	2	74473,74476	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66.8	61.6	5	74473,74475,74476,74478,74479	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66.8	61.6	0		5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	66.8	61.6	0		353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	66.8	61.6	2	74473,74476	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	66.8	61.6	1	74476	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	66.8	61.6	2	74476,74479	1153
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	66.8	61.6	0		60
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	66.8	61.6	1	74479	134
Sekaninaite ()*	Beryl	Fe²⁺₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	66.8	61.6	1	74481	35
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66.8	61.6	2	74473,74476	21482
Stillwellite-(Ce) ()*	None	CeBSiO₅	66.8	61.6	0		19
Stokesite ()*	None	CaSnSi₃O₉·2H₂O	66.8	61.6	2	74476,74478	21
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	66.8	61.6	1	74480	92
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	66.8	61.6	1	74476	1803
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	66.8	61.6	1	74476	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	66.8	61.6	0		4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	66.8	61.6	4	74473,74474,74476,74481	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	66.8	61.6	1	74476	1059
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	66.8	61.6	1	74476	78
Zavaritskite ()*	Matlockite	BiOF	66.8	61.6	1	74473	26
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	66.8	61.6	2	74473,74476	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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