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

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

mindat Locality ID: 108075
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108075.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mozumi Deposit, Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°25'50"N
Longitude: 137°18'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.430555555556,137.31138888889

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteLillianiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPavonitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibnite
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gustavite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)Lillianite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pavonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1002302793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21002303419
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1002303250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1002309052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1002301966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31002301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10023027770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS610023091
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21002305171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210023027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3100230802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1002308173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12100230663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10023024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1002302812
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6100230113
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310023014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1002301689
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S310023054
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6100230128
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)100230451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410023014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21002305674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210023017380
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S510023072
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210023039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1002301725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81002309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210023061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1002305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10023021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4100230668
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1002304899



2 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
Kristen00195659.554.957.2±2.3K-Ar k-feldspar71KO-28 Yes  2199Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu, JapanKamiokaShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
sedznpb-0027810023Late Cretaceous–Paleogene?     Yes  2199Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu, JapanKamiokaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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