Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kosaka, Akita, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 159562
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159562.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kosaka, Akita, Japan": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ainai Mine
Daichi Mine
Furutobe Mine (Furutohbe Mine)
Kosaka Mine
Kumazawa Mine
Towada Mine

Latitude: 40°21'57"N
Longitude: 140°43'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.365833333333,140.72305555556

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	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Cristobalite	Digenite	Feldspar	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Meneghinite	Mica
None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Furutobeite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Linarite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Renierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Sudoite ()*	Sulphur ()*	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 Ge H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

43 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	2	73879,73885	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	23	5.3	1	73883	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	5.3	5	73878,73879,73881,73882,73883	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	3	73875,73878,73879	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	73875	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	73883	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	23	5.3	1	73879	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	5.3	2	73875,73879	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	8	73875,73877,73878,73879,73881,73882,73883,73885	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	73875	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	5.3	2	73879,73881	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	73880	453
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	23	5.3	1	73878	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	1	73883	9895
Furutobeite ()*	None	(Cu,Ag)₆PbS₄	23	5.3	1	73878	7
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	7	73875,73878,73879,73881,73882,73883,73885	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	2	73878,73879	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	3	73878,73879,73883	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	5.3	1	73878	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	1	73883	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	23	5.3	1	73879	987
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	73883	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	5.3	1	73878	14899
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	23	5.3	1	73879	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	3	73877,73878,73883	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	73885	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	73885	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	9	73875,73876,73877,73878,73879,73881,73882,73883,73885	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	73875	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	5	73877,73878,73879,73883,73885	61156
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	23	5.3	1	73878	37
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	73883	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	23	5.3	1	73878	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	8	73875,73876,73878,73879,73881,73882,73883,73885	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	23	5.3	1	73878	332
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	23	5.3	2	73878,73882	51
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	73884	2045
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	23	5.3	1	73879	48
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	23	5.3	4	73875,73878,73879,73883	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	6	73875,73878,73879,73882,73883,73885	5317
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	23	5.3	1	73879	106
Villamanínite ()*	Pyrite	CuS₂	23	5.3	1	73879	10

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00516	23	5.3	Miocene	4364	Furutobe Mine (Furutohbe Mine), Kosaka, Akita, Japan	Furutobe-Ainai	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
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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