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Locality Name:
Hishikari Mine (Hishikari Gold Mine), Kagoshima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.6

mindat Locality ID: 133415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hishikari Mine (Hishikari Gold Mine), Kagoshima, Japan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Honko Deposit
Hosen-1 Vein (Hosen No. 1 Vein)
Main Deposit
Sanjin Deposit
Yamada Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Alum	Amorphous	Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Cristobalite	Gypsum	Gyrolite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Metavoltine	Mica	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tridymite

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Alum-(K) ()*	Alunite ()*	Amesite ()*
Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Metavoltine ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Truscottite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alum Amorphous Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum
Cristobalite Gypsum Gyrolite Kaolinite Marcasite Metavoltine Mica Mordenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Tridymite

37 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	1.25	0.6	0		2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	1.25	0.6	1	75345	87
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1.25	0.6	2	75345,75347	92
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1.25	0.6	1	75347	966
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1.25	0.6	1	75347	74
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1.25	0.6	1	75345	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1.25	0.6	2	75345,75347	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1.25	0.6	2	75345,75347	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1.25	0.6	1	75347	1756
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1.25	0.6	1	75345	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1.25	0.6	1	75345	9895
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1.25	0.6	1	75345	138
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1.25	0.6	2	75345,75347	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1.25	0.6	3	75344,75345,75348	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1.25	0.6	1	75345	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1.25	0.6	1	75345	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1.25	0.6	0		804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1.25	0.6	1	75345	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1.25	0.6	1	75345	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1.25	0.6	2	75345,75348	5674
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1.25	0.6	0		78
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1.25	0.6	1	75345	300
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1.25	0.6	2	75345,75347	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1.25	0.6	1	75345	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1.25	0.6	2	75345,75347	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1.25	0.6	1	75345	192
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1.25	0.6	1	75345	2994
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1.25	0.6	1	75345	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1.25	0.6	2	75345,75348	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1.25	0.6	4	75344,75345,75347,75348	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1.25	0.6	1	75345	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1.25	0.6	1	75345	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1.25	0.6	2	75345,75347	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1.25	0.6	2	75345,75347	3418
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1.25	0.6	1	75345	458
Truscottite ()*	Gyrolite	Ca₁₄Si₂₄O₅₈(OH)₈·2H₂O	1.25	0.6	0		10
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1.25	0.6	0		652

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
	AJES44_373-00026	1.25	0.6	1.25-0.6										Au	133415	Hishikari Mine (Hishikari Gold Mine), Kagoshima, Japan	Hishikari	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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