Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 360

mindat Locality ID: 239388
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239388.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Inasa-cho
Tenryuu River Alluvials (Tenryugawa)
Tenryuu-ku

Latitude: 34°48'9"N
Longitude: 137°47'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.8025,137.79333333333

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Berthierite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Hydrotalcite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brugnatellite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Epidote ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Berthierite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Hydrotalcite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

29 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	76464	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	76464	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	76464	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	360	360	1	76468	343
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	360	360	1	76468	5516
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O			1	76462	32
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	360	2	76467,76468	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	76464	3902
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	76470	1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	76464	327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	76464	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	360	360	1	76467	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	360	360	1	76468	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	76464	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆			1	76461	154
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	360	360	4	76464,76467,76468,76470	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	76464,76470	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	76470	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	360	3	76464,76467,76468	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	360	360	2	76467,76468	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	360	360	4	76464,76467,76468,76470	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	360	360	1	76468	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	360	360	1	76468	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	76464	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	76470	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	360	360	2	76467,76468	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	76464	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	76464	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	76464	5251

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
	vms-00538	360	360	Paleozoic-Mid Mesozoic										S	28722	Kune Mine, Sakuma-cho, Tenryuu-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan	Kune	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

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