Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.8

mindat Locality ID: 9901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°51'32"N
Longitude: 131°27'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.858888888889,131.45277777778

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.

Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cylindrite	Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Titanite	Wollastonite

Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Galena ()*	Herzenbergite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Malayaite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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: As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cylindrite Fluorite Garnet Marcasite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Titanite Wollastonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	13.8	13.8	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	13.8	13.8	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13.8	13.8	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	13.8	13.8	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	13.8	13.8	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	13.8	13.8	9617
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	13.8	13.8	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	13.8	13.8	24243
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS	13.8	13.8	35
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	13.8	13.8	784
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	13.8	13.8	234
Malayaite ()*	Titanite	CaSnO(SiO₄)	13.8	13.8	40
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	13.8	13.8	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13.8	13.8	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	13.8	13.8	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13.8	13.8	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	13.8	13.8	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	13.8	13.8	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	13.8	13.8	668
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	13.8	13.8	56
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	13.8	13.8	1247

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
	sedznpb-00277	13.8	13.8	13.8											9901	Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan	Hoei	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060946	Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan	https://rruff.info/R060946

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