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Locality Name:
Tsumo Mine, Masuda, Shimane, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 84.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63.5

mindat Locality ID: 19893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsumo Mine, Masuda, Shimane, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°39'0"N
Longitude: 131°59'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.65,131.98611111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Sn Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Sn Te W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperGarnetHumite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeTetradymiteTitaniteWollastonitehauchecornite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Aleksite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenohauchecornite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismutohauchecornite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Diopside  (*)Ferrobustamite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hessite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Tsumoite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S284.775.4028
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)384.775.401534
Arsenohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi18Bi3AsS1684.775.405
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS84.775.409052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi84.775.401966
Bismutohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9Bi2S884.775.407
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS484.775.405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)84.775.4027770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS684.775.4091
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO284.775.405171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS284.775.4027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F284.775.40285
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O684.775.404135
Ferrobustamite  (*)WollastoniteCaFe2+Si2O684.775.4022
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS84.775.4024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu84.775.4030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)384.775.401544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O684.775.40741
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te84.775.40804
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S84.775.4086
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)84.775.40451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O484.775.4014899
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)84.775.4040
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS884.775.4092
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS284.775.405800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S884.775.401512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)281.875.402273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS284.775.4039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S884.775.409056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)84.775.404894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS84.775.4021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS484.775.40668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1284.775.4080
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S84.775.40510
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)284.775.402562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe84.775.40100
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS384.775.40297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO384.775.401247


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-0022269.764.567.1±2.6Re-Os molybdeniteTakagigawa (Tg) YesMolybdenite Mo218607Hirose, Shimane, JapanHirose, ShimaneSuzuki et al. (1996)10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0GCA60_3151 
Mo-0022368.363.565.9±2.4Re-Os molybdeniteTakagigawa (Tg) YesMolybdenite Mo218607Hirose, Shimane, JapanHirose, ShimaneSuzuki et al. (1996)10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0GCA60_3151 
Kristen00192584.778.181.4±3.3K-Ar biotite71Y-12    19893Tsumo Mine, Masuda, Shimane, JapanTsumoShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Kristen00192681.875.478.6±3.2K-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  19893Tsumo Mine, Masuda, Shimane, JapanTsumoShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
sedznpb-0028580.478.680.4–78.6 (phlogopite in skarn)  phlogopite   Phlogopite  19893Tsumo Mine, Masuda, Shimane, JapanTsumoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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