Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Takanosu Mine, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 63.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22.3

mindat Locality ID: 73234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Takanosu Mine, Kanuma City, Tochigi, 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.

Axinite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Garnet	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Alabandite ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tephroite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Garnet None Olivine Pyrite Pyrosmalite Rhodonite
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	63.5	22.3	312
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	63.5	22.3	88
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	63.5	22.3	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	63.5	22.3	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	63.5	22.3	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	63.5	22.3	3106
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH,Cl)₁₀	63.5	22.3	25
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	63.5	22.3	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	63.5	22.3	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	63.5	22.3	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	63.5	22.3	21482
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	63.5	22.3	240

2 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
	Mo-00336	63.5	54.3	58.9±4.6	Re-Os			molybdenite	Owashi (Ow)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	143339	Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	Kanuma, Tochigi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151
	Mo-00337	32.7	22.3	27.5±5.2	Re-Os			molybdenite	Owashi (Ow)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	143339	Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	Kanuma, Tochigi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151

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