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Locality Name:
Yamada Deposit, Hishikari Mine (Hishikari Gold Mine), Kagoshima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.6

mindat Locality ID: 229197
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229197.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yamada Deposit, Hishikari Mine (Hishikari Gold Mine), Kagoshima, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fukusen No. 1 Vein
Seisen No. 2 Vein
Yusen No. 3 Vein

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.

Alum	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Alum-(K) ()*	Alunite ()*	Amesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Marcasite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1.25	0.6	0		92
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1.25	0.6	0		966
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1.25	0.6	0		74
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1.25	0.6	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1.25	0.6	0		27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1.25	0.6	0		1756
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1.25	0.6	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1.25	0.6	1	75348	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1.25	0.6	1	75348	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1.25	0.6	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1.25	0.6	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1.25	0.6	1	75348	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1.25	0.6	1	75348	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1.25	0.6	0		21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1.25	0.6	0		3418

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
	AJES44_373-00026	1.25	0.6	1.25-0.6							Yes			Au	133415	Hishikari Mine (Hishikari Gold Mine), Kagoshima, Japan	Hishikari	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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