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Locality Name:
Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.8

mindat Locality ID: 9901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°51'32"N
Longitude: 131°27'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.858888888889,131.45277777778

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: As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenolampriteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCylindriteFluoriteGarnetMarcasiteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTitaniteWollastonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Franckeite  (*)Galena  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)313.813.801534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS13.813.809052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13.813.8027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO213.813.805171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213.813.8027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF213.813.809617
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.913.813.8052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13.813.8024243
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS13.813.8035
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1413.813.80784
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)213.813.80234
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)13.813.8040
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS213.813.805674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213.813.8039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S813.813.809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213.813.8061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)13.813.801711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13.813.8021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS413.813.80668
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)213.813.8056
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO313.813.801247



1 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
sedznpb-0027713.813.813.8        9901Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, JapanHoeiSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060946Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060946


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