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Locality Name:
Kanagase Deposit (Kanagase Vein), Ikuno Mine, Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 69.9

mindat Locality ID: 12392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kanagase Deposit (Kanagase Vein), Ikuno Mine, Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo, 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

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 Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperFluoriteGypsumNoneNot in a structural groupPavonite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStannoiditeStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Ikunolite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Pavonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)475.769.90246
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi75.769.901966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S375.769.901935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS475.769.905516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)75.769.9027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO275.769.905171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS275.769.9027198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)75.769.90551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF275.769.909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS75.769.9024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O75.769.906890
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S375.769.9054
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O75.769.901271
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS875.769.9092
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S575.769.9072
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS275.769.9039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO275.769.9061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)75.769.904894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)75.769.906417
Silver  (*)CopperAg75.769.905186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS75.769.9021482
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1275.769.9080
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1375.769.901803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1375.769.905317



1 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
Kristen00194075.769.972.8±2.9K-Ar whole rockIK-3 Yes  11621Ikuno Mine, Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo, JapanIkunoShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 


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