Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shirakawamura, Gifu, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 69.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56.2

mindat Locality ID: 108109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shirakawamura, Gifu, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hirase Mine
Kinka Mine
Magari Mine

Latitude: 36°10'15"N
Longitude: 136°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.170833333333,136.91638888889

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.

Berthierite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile

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: Bi Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Berthierite Meneghinite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Berthierite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Lindströmite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tripuhyite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄			1	74508	343
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	69.9	56.2	1	74507	80
Lindströmite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₃Cu₃Bi₇S₁₅	69.9	56.2	1	74507	38
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	69.9	60.9	2	74507,74509	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	69.9	56.2	1	74507	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	69.9	56.2	2	74507,74508	61156
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	74508	66
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	74508	369

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen001954	62.6	57.8	60.2±2.4	K-Ar	k-feldspar	66RS-12			180810	Hirase Mine, Shirakawamura, Gifu, Japan	Hirase	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207
Kristen001955	63.4	56.2	59.8±3.6	K-Ar	muscovite	67RS-108	Muscovite		180810	Hirase Mine, Shirakawamura, Gifu, Japan	Hirase	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207
Mo-00383	69.9	65.3	67.6±2.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	Hirase (Hr)	Molybdenite	Mo	180810	Hirase Mine, Shirakawamura, Gifu, Japan	Ono, Gifu	Suzuki et al. (1996); Suzuki and Masuda (1993)
Mo-00384	65.3	60.9	63.1±2.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	Hirase (Hr)	Molybdenite	Mo	180810	Hirase Mine, Shirakawamura, Gifu, Japan	Ono, Gifu	Suzuki et al. (1996); Suzuki and Masuda (1993)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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