Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Miyazaki, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 26717
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26717.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miyazaki, Japan": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Akamizu Mine
Ebino City
Hibino Mine
Hibira Mine
Hinokage
Hyuga
Kanaiso Mine
Kijo Mine
Koyu District
Miyakonojō
Nishiusuki
Nobeoka
Ohkueyama (Okueyama)
Shishigawa Mine
Togo-cho
Tomiyama Mine
Tsunase Mine

Latitude: 32°42'9"N
Longitude: 131°27'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.7025,131.46472222222

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.

Adelite	Allanite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Berthierite	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Carminite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Cubanite	Danburite	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Hellandite	Hulsite	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Linarite
Ludwigite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Pentlandite
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Valleriite	Vesuvianite
Vivianite	Wavellite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite	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: Ag Al As Au B Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allanite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Bastnäsite Berthierite Beryl Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Carminite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Cubanite Danburite Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Hellandite Hulsite Ilvaite Kaolinite Löllingite Linarite
Ludwigite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Pentlandite
Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Valleriite Vesuvianite
Vivianite Wavellite Wollastonite Wurtzite Xanthoconite Zircon

127 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsendescloizite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Bementite ()*	Berthierite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Carminite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clino-suenoite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Cubanite ()*	Danburite ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Duftite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Evansite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Foitite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galaxite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hambergite ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hisingerite ()*	Hulsite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kanoite ()*	Kobeite-(Y) ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Legrandite ()*	Linarite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnesio-foitite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malayaite ()*	Manganosite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Marialite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Otavite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tinzenite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Vonsenite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zincolivenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)			3	75733,75734,75763	254
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			2	75738,75763	312
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	75768	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	75736	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			2	75733,75735	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	75765	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	75770	3250
Arsendescloizite ()*	Adelite	PbZn(AsO₄)(OH)			1	75763	20
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			8	75733,75743,75748,75750,75756,75763,75764,75777	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	75734	919
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	75763	260
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			2	75735,75760	88
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂			1	75765	172
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			2	75760,75763	173
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄			1	75779	343
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	75768	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	75748	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	75748	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	6	75729,75732,75743,75748,75758,75770	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			2	75777,75778	843
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	75734	1633
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂			1	75738	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	9	75729,75732,75733,75734,75737,75760,75763,75764,75777	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			2	75763,75765	359
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	75765	178
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			6	75731,75733,75745,75748,75763,75775	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			3	75733,75763,75765	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	75779	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	9	75729,75732,75733,75743,75748,75763,75764,75770,75777	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	75770	3531
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	75738	57
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	75765	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	75770	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	75763	109
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	75738	599
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	145	66	4	75732,75748,75761,75764	802
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈			3	75733,75734,75763	148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			3	75735,75763,75764	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	75763,75764	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	75743,75777	9895
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)			2	75763,75765	220
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	75772	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	75763,75764	8173
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O			1	75731	56
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄			1	75769	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	75763	9617
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	75748	75
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂			2	75768,75769	163
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄			1	75738	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			8	75733,75743,75745,75763,75764,75775,75777,75778	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	75727,75736,75763	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	75743,75748,75777	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	75763	1544
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	75738	223
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)			1	75772	81
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			2	75738,75760	350
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			4	75733,75736,75763,75764	741
Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hellandite	(Ca,REE)₄Y₂Al ₂(B₄Si₄O₂₂)(OH)₂			1	75769	18
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	75734	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			3	75734,75763,75765	1689
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	145	66	2	75732,75773	144
Hulsite ()*	Hulsite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)			1	75737	15
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	75763	201
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)(OH)			1	75768	16
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	75768,75771	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)			1	75764	197
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	75760	172
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			4	75743,75748,75775,75777	784
Kanoite ()*	Pyroxene	MnMgSi₂O₆			1	75738	7
Kobeite-(Y) ()*	None	(Y,U)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆ (?)			1	75739	8
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	75763	265
Legrandite ()*	None	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)·H₂O			2	75763,75765	20
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	75765	987
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	75763	762
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	145	66	1	75732	451
Magnesio-foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Mg₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	75736	22
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	4	75729,75732,75737,75764	14899
Malayaite ()*	Titanite	CaSnO(SiO₄)			2	75733,75763	40
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO			1	75760	73
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	5	75729,75732,75739,75763,75764	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			1	75733	139
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			2	75752,75777	300
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			3	75733,75734,75763	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	3	75729,75732,75764	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	5	75729,75732,75763,75771,75772	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	75731	492
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	75768	2349
Otavite ()*	Calcite	Cd(CO₃)			1	75734	25
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			1	75763	363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	145	66	1	75732	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	75764	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	75777	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	14	75729,75732,75734,75741,75743,75744,75745,75748,75750,75756,75764,75775,75777,75778	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	75760	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	75738	244
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃			2	75752,75754	84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	12	75725,75729,75732,75733,75743,75744,75745,75748,75750,75764,75771,75775	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	16	75729,75732,75733,75734,75735,75736,75739,75743,75754,75756,75761,75763,75771,75772,75777,75779	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	75763,75778	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			3	75738,75760,75763	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			3	75733,75736,75763	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	75763,75772	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			5	75731,75733,75748,75763,75765	1153
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃			1	75752	179
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	75763	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	75738	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	10	75732,75733,75743,75748,75756,75761,75763,75764,75775,75777	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			4	75731,75733,75748,75775	668
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃			1	75777	62
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	75752	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			10	75728,75742,75748,75749,75752,75754,75756,75776,75777,75779	3418
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			3	75738,75760,75763	240
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	75748	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	75743,75748,75777	5317
Tinzenite ()*	Axinite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₄Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	75760	24
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	75733	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	75763	2562
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			3	75752,75754,75779	369
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]			3	75743,75748,75761	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			2	75763,75764	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	75743	636
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)			1	75737	62
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	75743	374
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			2	75763,75764	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	75768	939
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)			1	75734	60
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	75768,75772	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-00544	145	66	Cretaceous											159553	Makimine Mine, Hinokage, Miyazaki, Japan	Makimine-Hibira	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

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