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Locality Name:
Akita, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 14489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Akita, Japan": 127
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 89

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Akarimata Mine
Akita City
Daisen
Fujisato
Futatsui Mine
Hachimori
Kazuno City
Kazuno-gun
Kisamori Mine
Kitaakita City
Komakizawa Mine (Komaki Mine)
Kosaka
Kyohwa
Namariyama Mine
Nishiki
Nishisemboku
Odate
Oga City
Ohira
Ohmori Mine
Ohta-machi
Sachu Mine
Semboku District
Shiraiwa Mine
Shunomata Mine
Takanosu
Tamagawa
Tazawako
Washiaimori Mine
YurihonjŨ
Yuzawa

Latitude: 39°58'47"N
Longitude: 140°33'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.979722222222,140.55277777778

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeBaryte
BrackebuschiteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDevilline
DiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparGermaniteGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteLillianite
LinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaMordeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OrpimentPavonitePectolitePlancheitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteVeszelyiteWurtzite

126 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anilite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Argyrodite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)-β  (*)Colusite  (*)Copper  (*)
Corkite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)
Fukuchilite  (*)Furutobeite  (*)Galena  (*)Germanite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Greigite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Inesite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lautenthalite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Munakataite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pavonite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ramsdellite  (*)Realgar  (*)Renierite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Saponite  (*)
Serandite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sudoite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Sulvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Tinticite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tosudite  (*)Tsumebite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Veszelyite  (*)
Villamanínite  (*)Wairakite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S235.3473879,73885,73933,739702793
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS273944,73949312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)235.3273883,739228803
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O173860272
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O15151739011627
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)273860,738632734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)235.3473858,73859,73907,739331588
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4235.3373866,73907,7391488
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2273850,739493092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1738873250
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6151517389862
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2273848,738635509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)235.32673850,73854,73858,73859,73860,73866,73873,73878,73879,73881,73882,73883,73887,73891,73897,73898,73901,73907,73908,73913,73914,73927,73928,73933,73958,7396611547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6273860,73863132
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31739531935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4235.31373858,73860,73866,73875,73878,73879,73898,73908,73914,73921,73927,73933,739705516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1515373875,73898,73924483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6373860,73863,738871633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)235.31973846,73848,73850,73857,73860,73863,73866,73872,73883,73887,73897,73898,73901,73914,73927,73949,73959,73962,7397027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6173863359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)273848,738634979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O235.3373860,73879,73907925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S235.3773860,73866,73875,73879,73907,73933,739705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2235.34173844,73848,73850,73857,73858,73859,73860,73863,73866,73872,73873,73875,73877,73878,73879,73881,73882,73883,73885,73887,73889,73890,73891,73895,73898,73900,73901,73907,73908,73913,73914,73920,73921,73927,73928,73933,73947,73949,73953,73959,7397027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8273872,73887577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O473848,73863,73866,738873531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81739331756
Fergusonite-(Y)-β  (*)NoneYNbO417394317
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S161515373860,73898,73900110
Copper  (*)CopperCu773848,73860,73863,73866,73875,73887,738953846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6173860151
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5173953344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS235.3873858,73879,73881,73887,73898,73907,73908,739334165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21515273880,73901453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16173866599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3173850802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O235.3573848,73863,73887,73895,739072970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2173887179
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S235.3473878,73908,73914,739331027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16273860,73866300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2235.3373866,73883,739279895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4235.3373907,73908,73933910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)235.3273855,738878173
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O17386041
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3173970105
Fukuchilite  (*)PyriteCu3FeS8235.3273858,738596
Furutobeite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)6PbS4235.3273878,739337
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS235.33873844,73850,73857,73858,73859,73860,73863,73866,73872,73875,73878,73879,73881,73882,73883,73885,73887,73888,73890,73891,73895,73898,73900,73901,73907,73908,73910,73913,73914,73920,73921,73927,73933,73953,73959,73962,73967,7397024243
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S1617393333
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)573856,73950,73951,73963,739647437
Gold  (*)CopperAu235.31173860,73878,73879,73893,73898,73908,73914,73933,73955,73962,7397030554
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4235.317390762
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6173953113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O235.31273858,73859,73860,73878,73879,73883,73898,73901,73907,73908,73923,739336890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O173860409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3235.31173848,73855,73857,73860,73863,73878,73887,73889,73908,73921,7393314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1738481689
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)617384857
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)617386382
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O17397050
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61739512228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4235.3273883,739015591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O173863593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O235.31738551271
Lautenthalite  (*)DevillinePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O17386318
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2173863265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2235.3573848,73860,73863,73879,73887987
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)235.31738831487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4235.3473858,73878,73921,7396214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2573848,73860,73863,73866,7388712537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)273930,73950770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2235.3773860,73889,73908,73910,73916,73933,739625674
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4151517389851
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O173860915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24235.3173879158
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O235.3173907223
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O235.3773883,73901,73908,73913,73927,73950,739621508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O235.3373855,73901,73922405
Munakataite  (*)LinaritePb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)417386322
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2235.3873855,73877,73878,73883,73901,73922,73933,7396217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1739692994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3235.3273908,73958511
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6273860,7386364
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2173941313
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S517395372
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]235.3273898,73914249
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O17386374
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]373885,73933,73970716
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4273848,73863369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3273885,739701425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2235.34873844,73846,73848,73850,73855,73857,73858,73859,73860,73863,73866,73872,73873,73875,73876,73877,73878,73879,73881,73882,73883,73885,73887,73888,73889,73890,73891,73895,73897,73898,73900,73901,73907,73908,73910,73913,73914,73920,73921,73927,73928,73929,73932,73933,73953,73959,73962,7397039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21173866,73875,73906,73924,73925,73928,73931,73936,73937,73938,739503106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl473848,73860,73863,738951725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8473844,73850,73920,739539056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2235.33773846,73848,73855,73857,73858,73860,73863,73866,73872,73873,73877,73878,73879,73883,73885,73887,73888,73889,73893,73897,73898,73901,73907,73908,73922,73927,73928,73932,73933,73937,73946,73947,73949,73950,73959,73962,7397061156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO217386688
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS173958712
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16235.3273878,7393337
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1515573850,73860,73898,73944,739491711
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O235.3173927301
Serandite  (*)PectoliteNaMn2+2Si3O8(OH)151517389838
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)235.3273883,739216417
Silver  (*)CopperAg235.3373860,73878,739705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS235.34173844,73846,73848,73850,73857,73858,73860,73863,73866,73872,73873,73875,73876,73878,73879,73881,73882,73883,73885,73887,73888,73890,73891,73895,73897,73898,73900,73901,73907,73908,73911,73913,73914,73920,73921,73927,73933,73959,73962,73967,7397021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41739411934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4173921668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4173970586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS235.3473878,73898,73914,73933332
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)8235.3473878,73882,73907,7392951
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS473862,73884,73958,739662045
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS4235.317387948
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13235.3973860,73875,73878,73879,73883,73898,73900,73914,739331803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13235.31573858,73860,73875,73878,73879,73882,73883,73885,73898,73900,73901,73907,73914,73927,739335317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)235.3173907299
Tinticite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O17395119
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O173928433
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O17392936
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)17386332
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2235.3173879106
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O373848,73887,7389520
Villamanínite  (*)PyriteCuS2235.317387910
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O235.317385573
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)173854251
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3235.3173908297
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O17386395
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS173860372



9 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
vms-00519235.3Miocene        11734Hanawa Mine, Kazuno City, Akita, JapanHanawa (Aketoshi-Osaki)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00516235.3Miocene        4364Furutobe Mine (Furutohbe Mine), Kosaka, Akita, JapanFurutobe-AinaiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00535235.3Miocene        108083Motoyama Deposit, Kosaka Mine, Kosaka, Akita, JapanKosaka (Motoyama)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00536235.3Miocene        142707Uchinotai Deposit, Kosaka Mine, Kosaka, Akita, JapanKosaka (Uchinotai-Uwamuki)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-005141515Miocene       S171360Ezuri Mine, Odate, Akita, JapanEzuriMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-005151515Miocene       S159565Fukasawa Mine (Fukazawa Mine), Odate, Akita, JapanFukazawaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00517235.3Miocene        188080Doyashiki Deposit, Hanaoka Mine, Odate, Akita, JapanHanaoka (Doy-Tsut-Kam)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00518235.3Miocene        185489Matsumine Deposit, Hanaoka Mine, Odate, Akita, JapanHanaoka (Mats-Sha)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00545235.3Miocene        258979Matsuki Mine (Takadate), Odate, Akita, JapanMatsukiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060401Akita, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060401


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