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:
Funakozawa Mine, Ono, Hirono-cho, Kunohe-gun, Iwate, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 2200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Funakozawa Mine, Ono, Hirono-cho, Kunohe-gun, Iwate, 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.

Allophane	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Feldspar	None	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile
Sepiolite

Albite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Hollandite ()*
Manjiroite ()*	Nambulite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sepiolite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Braunite Calcite Clay Coronadite Feldspar None Quartz Rhodonite Rutile
Sepiolite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	201	145	8803
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	201	145	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	201	145	27770
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	201	145	599
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	201	145	243
Manjiroite ()*	Coronadite	Na(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	201	145	22
Nambulite ()*	Rhodonite	LiMn²⁺₄Si₅O₁₄(OH)	201	145	12
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	201	145	186
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	201	145	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	201	145	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	201	145	969
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	201	145	241

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Scott-CGSSWAN3_33-0001	mine

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
	Scott-CGSSWAN3_33-0001	201	145	Jurassic		Age of deposition								Mn	2200	Funakozawa Mine, Ono, Hirono-cho, Kunohe-gun, Iwate, Japan	Funakozawa Mine	Schneider (1987)		CGSSWAN3_33	P. 1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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