Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arakawa, Minamiboso City, Chiba, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 204597
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204597.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arakawa, Minamiboso City, Chiba, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	None	Quartz

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: C Ca Fe H O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite None Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bosoite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chibaite ()*	Melanophlogite ()*	Opal ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bosoite ()*	None	SiO₂·nC_xH_2x+2	23	16	1
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	16	27770
Chibaite ()*	None	SiO₂·n(CH₄,C₂H₆,C₃H₈,C₄H₁₀) (n_max = 3/17)	23	16	1
Melanophlogite ()*	None	C₂H₁₇O₅·Si₄₆O₉₂	23	16	38
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	23	16	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	16	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	23	16	6417

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0035	Veins in tuffaceous sandstone and mudstone in forearc basin of the Paleo-Izu arc and triple junction of Pacific, Philippine Sea and North America plates

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
	Michelle_0035	23	16	23-16	stratigraphy	Age of vein mineralization									204597	Arakawa, Minamiboso City, Chiba, Japan	Arakawa	Momma et al. (2011)	10.1038/ncomms1196	NC2_196	Veins occur in the tuffaceous sandstone and mudstone after sedimentation. Bosoite is unnamed in cited article but was submitted in 2014 as a new mineral. See ref from ref.

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