Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shiroji Deposit, Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 259195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shiroji Deposit, Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu, 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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	23	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	23	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	23	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	100	23	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	23	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	23	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	23	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	23	21482

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
	Kristen001956	59.5	54.9	57.2±2.3	K-Ar			k-feldspar	71KO-28		Yes				2199	Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu, Japan	Kamioka	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207
	sedznpb-00278	100	23	Late Cretaceous–Paleogene?							Yes				2199	Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu, Japan	Kamioka	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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