Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kosaka Mine, Kosaka, Akita, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 131316
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131316.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kosaka Mine, Kosaka, Akita, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Fudozaka
Motoyama Deposit
Uchinotai Deposit
Uwamuki Deposit (Uwamukai Deposit)

Latitude: 40°19'48"N
Longitude: 140°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.33,140.75

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Cristobalite
Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Linarite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sudoite ()*
Sulvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vaesite ()*	Villamanínite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Covellite Cristobalite
Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Meneghinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	23	5.3	0		2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	23	5.3	1	73883	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	5.3	3	73881,73882,73883	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	73883	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	23	5.3	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	5.3	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	3	73881,73882,73883	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	5.3	1	73881	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	73880	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	1	73883	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	3	73881,73882,73883	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	1	73883	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	1	73883	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	23	5.3	0		987
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	73883	1487
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	23	5.3	0		158
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	23	5.3	1	73883	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	5.3	1	73883	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	3	73881,73882,73883	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	1	73883	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	73883	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	3	73881,73882,73883	21482
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	23	5.3	1	73882	51
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	23	5.3	0		48
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	23	5.3	1	73883	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	2	73882,73883	5317
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	23	5.3	0		106
Villamanínite ()*	Pyrite	CuS₂	23	5.3	0		10

2 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
	vms-00535	23	5.3	Miocene											108083	Motoyama Deposit, Kosaka Mine, Kosaka, Akita, Japan	Kosaka (Motoyama)	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00536	23	5.3	Miocene											142707	Uchinotai Deposit, Kosaka Mine, Kosaka, Akita, Japan	Kosaka (Uchinotai-Uwamuki)	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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