Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Sphalerite at Ibaraki, Japan

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 320Ma - 9.8Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
vms-00524	320	320			S	28724	Hitachi Mine, Hitachi-machi, Taga District, Ibaraki, Japan	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
Mo-00302	10.6	9.8	Molybdenite		Mo	108131	Takatori Mine, Shirosato-machi, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, Japan	Suzuki et al. (1996)	GCA60_3151

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
vms-00524	320	320			S	28724	Hitachi Mine, Hitachi-machi, Taga District, Ibaraki, Japan	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Kristen001938	70.8	66.6	Muscovite			108131	Takatori Mine, Shirosato-machi, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, Japan	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	EG69_1207
Mo-00302	10.6	9.8	Molybdenite		Mo	108131	Takatori Mine, Shirosato-machi, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, Japan	Suzuki et al. (1996)	GCA60_3151
Mo-00303	12.2	11	Molybdenite		Mo	108131	Takatori Mine, Shirosato-machi, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, Japan	Suzuki et al. (1996)	GCA60_3151