Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Uwamuki Deposit (Uwamukai Deposit), Kosaka Mine, Kosaka, Akita, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 159564
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159564.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uwamuki Deposit (Uwamukai Deposit), Kosaka Mine, Kosaka, Akita, 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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	23	5.3	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	5.3	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	23	5.3	1487
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	23	5.3	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	5.3	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	23	5.3	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	23	5.3	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	5317

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
	vms-00535	23	5.3	Miocene							Yes				108083	Motoyama Deposit, Kosaka Mine, Kosaka, Akita, Japan	Kosaka (Motoyama)	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00536	23	5.3	Miocene							Yes				142707	Uchinotai Deposit, Kosaka Mine, Kosaka, Akita, Japan	Kosaka (Uchinotai-Uwamuki)	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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