Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Wachi, Kyoto, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 94.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 87.5

mindat Locality ID: 159555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wachi, Kyoto, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kaneuchi Mine
Wachi Mine

Latitude: 35°14'30"N
Longitude: 135°24'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.241666666667,135.4

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tourmaline

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Tourmaline

15 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	94.9	87.5	1	75624	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	94.9	87.5	1	75624	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	94.9	87.5	1	75624	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	94.9	87.5	1	75624	27198
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	94.9	87.5	1	75624	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	94.9	87.5	1	75624	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	94.9	87.5	1	75624	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	94.9	87.5	1	75624	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	94.9	87.5	1	75624	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	94.9	87.5	2	75624,75625	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	94.9	87.5	2	75624,75625	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	94.9	87.5	2	75624,75625	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	94.9	87.5	1	75624	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	94.9	87.5	1	75624	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	94.9	87.5	1	75624	668

1 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
	Kristen001935	94.9	87.5	91.2±3.7	K-Ar			muscovite	6910-137			Muscovite			159557	Kaneuchi Mine, Wachi, Kyoto, Japan	Kaneuchi	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207

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