Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Daikoku Deposit (Daikoku Mine), Chichibu Mining District (Chichibu Mine), Nakatsugawa, Ohtaki-mura, Chichibu City, Saitama, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.5

mindat Locality ID: 218254
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218254.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daikoku Deposit (Daikoku Mine), Chichibu Mining District (Chichibu Mine), Nakatsugawa, Ohtaki-mura, Chichibu City, Saitama, 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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Devilline	Garnet
Ilvaite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite	Zinkenite

Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hydroxylellestadite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Semseyite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zinkenite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Devilline Garnet
Ilvaite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Wollastonite Zinkenite

31 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	7.3	5.5	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	7.3	5.5	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	7.3	5.5	9052
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	7.3	5.5	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	7.3	5.5	450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	7.3	5.5	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	7.3	5.5	1089
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	7.3	5.5	101
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7.3	5.5	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	7.3	5.5	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	7.3	5.5	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	7.3	5.5	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7.3	5.5	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7.3	5.5	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	7.3	5.5	741
Hydroxylellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5OH	7.3	5.5	22
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	7.3	5.5	197
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	7.3	5.5	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7.3	5.5	14899
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	7.3	5.5	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7.3	5.5	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	7.3	5.5	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7.3	5.5	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	7.3	5.5	1711
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	7.3	5.5	165
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	7.3	5.5	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	7.3	5.5	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	7.3	5.5	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7.3	5.5	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	7.3	5.5	1655
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	7.3	5.5	228

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-00276	7.3	5.5	7.3–5.5							Yes				2177	Chichibu Mining District (Chichibu Mine), Nakatsugawa, Ohtaki-mura, Chichibu City, Saitama, Japan	Chichibu	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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