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Locality Name:
Akenobe Mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 50.5

mindat Locality ID: 8387
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8387.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Akenobe Mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°16'59"N
Longitude: 134°40'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.283055555556,134.66666666667

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.

Acanthite	Alumohydrocalcite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Molybdenite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Pavonite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz

Acanthite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ikunolite ()*
Laitakarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Miharaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pavonite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roquesite ()*	Saponite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stannoidite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*	Vauquelinite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alumohydrocalcite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Molybdenite Mordenite Nickeline None Pavonite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Topaz

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	60.7	50.5	2793
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O	60.7	50.5	46
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	60.7	50.5	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	60.7	50.5	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	60.7	50.5	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	60.7	50.5	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	60.7	50.5	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	60.7	50.5	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	60.7	50.5	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	60.7	50.5	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	60.7	50.5	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	60.7	50.5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	60.7	50.5	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	60.7	50.5	577
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	60.7	50.5	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	60.7	50.5	4165
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	60.7	50.5	300
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	60.7	50.5	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	60.7	50.5	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	60.7	50.5	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	60.7	50.5	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	60.7	50.5	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	60.7	50.5	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	60.7	50.5	14640
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	60.7	50.5	54
Laitakarite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄(Se,S)₃	60.7	50.5	30
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	60.7	50.5	14899
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	60.7	50.5	92
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆	60.7	50.5	19
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	60.7	50.5	5800
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	60.7	50.5	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	60.7	50.5	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	60.7	50.5	2349
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	60.7	50.5	72
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	60.7	50.5	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	60.7	50.5	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	60.7	50.5	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	60.7	50.5	61156
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	60.7	50.5	46
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	60.7	50.5	301
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	60.7	50.5	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	60.7	50.5	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	60.7	50.5	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	60.7	50.5	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	60.7	50.5	668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	60.7	50.5	80
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	60.7	50.5	1803
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	60.7	50.5	1476
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	60.7	50.5	63

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
	Kristen001941	60.7	54.9	57.8±2.9	K-Ar			whole rock	6910-155						8387	Akenobe Mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo, Japan	Akenobe	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207
	Kristen001942	54.7	50.5	52.6±2.1	K-Ar			whole rock	70TO-9						8387	Akenobe Mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo, Japan	Akenobe	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207

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