Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kameoka City, Kyoto, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 7788
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7788.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kameoka City, Kyoto, Japan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gyojayama
Hiedano
Hirono
Obata Mine
Sakuratenjin
Sogabe-cho
Yunohana

Latitude: 35°1'59"N
Longitude: 135°31'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.033055555556,135.51666666667

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Milarite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Raspite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Tungstite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Danalite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Genthelvite ()*	Hydrotungstite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Indialite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Kamphaugite-(Y) ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Raspite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Tungstite ()*
Varlamoffite ()*	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 Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Milarite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Raspite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Tungstite Wurtzite Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	75556	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	75556	706
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	96.7	86.4	1	75554	9052
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)			1	75556	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	96.7	86.4	1	75554	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	96.7	86.4	1	75554	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	96.7	86.4	1	75554	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	96.7	86.4	1	75554	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	96.7	86.4	1	75554	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	96.7	86.4	1	75554	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	96.7	86.4	1	75554	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	96.7	86.4	1	75554	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	75556	577
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	96.7	86.4	2	75553,75558	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	96.7	86.4	1	75554	802
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	75556	58
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	96.7	86.4	1	75554	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	96.7	86.4	1	75554	24243
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	75556	60
Hydrotungstite ()*	None	WO₂(OH)₂·H₂O	96.7	86.4	1	75553	13
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	96.7	86.4	1	75553	5433
Indialite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₃(AlSi₅)O₁₈	96.7	86.4	0		24
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O			1	75556	99
Kamphaugite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O			1	75556	28
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			1	75557	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	96.7	86.4	1	75553	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	75556	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O			1	75556	156
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	95.1	86.4	4	75553,75554,75558,75560	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	75560	128
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			2	75555,75559	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	96.7	86.4	1	75554	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	96.7	86.4	1	75554	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	96.7	86.4	4	75553,75554,75556,75560	61156
Raspite ()*	Raspite	Pb(WO₄)	96.7	86.4	1	75553	26
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	96.7	86.4	1	75554	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	96.7	86.4	1	75554	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	96.7	86.4	1	75554	668
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	96.7	86.4	1	75553	156
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	96.7	86.4	1	75554	118
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	96.7	86.4	1	75553	56
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	96.7	86.4	1	75553	5251

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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