Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yamagano Mine, Yokogawa-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.96
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.8

mindat Locality ID: 108008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yamagano Mine, Yokogawa-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°55'10"N
Longitude: 130°37'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.919444444444,130.61666666667

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.

Acanthite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Moschellandsbergite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1.96	1.8	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1.96	1.8	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1.96	1.8	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1.96	1.8	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1.96	1.8	5591
Moschellandsbergite ()*	None	Ag₂Hg₃	1.96	1.8	24
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1.96	1.8	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1.96	1.8	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1.96	1.8	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1.96	1.8	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1.96	1.8	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1.96	1.8	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1.96	1.8	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Hg-00111	epithermal gold

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
	Hg-00111	1.96	1.8		K-Ar								Moschellandsbergite	Hg	108008	Yamagano Mine, Yokogawa-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan		Watanabe (2005)	10.1007/s00126-005-0025-7	MD40_307

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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