Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 185888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Abeshiro Mine
Chigane Mine
Higashidori
Mutsu City
Mutsu Mine
Nishimata Mine
Oage Mine (Ou'age Mine)
Ohma
Okoppe Mine
Sai Mine

Latitude: 41°13'44"N
Longitude: 140°56'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.228888888889,140.94444444444

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	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite
Geocronite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Orpiment	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Baumhauerite ()*
Birnessite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Groutite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hauerite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Luzonite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Marumoite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Wurtzite ()*
Zinkenite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Enargite
Geocronite Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Marcasite Melanterite Mica None Orpiment Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zinkenite

46 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	74030	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	74032	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	74035	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	15	15	5	74022,74027,74031,74032,74035	11547
Baumhauerite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₁₂As₁₆S₃₆			1	74035	15
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O			1	74025	178
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	74030	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	74035	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	15	4	74022,74030,74031,74036	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe			1	74027	169
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	74035	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	74032	481
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅			1	74035	34
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	15	15	3	74022,74032,74035	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15	15	4	74022,74030,74031,74036	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	74025,74032	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	74030	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃			1	74030	72
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	74023	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	74031	6890
Hauerite ()*	Pyrite	MnS₂			1	74027	26
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃			1	74035	105
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	74032	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈			2	74027,74030	111
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	15	15	1	74022	581
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	74032	198
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	74023	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	74032	5674
Marumoite ()*	None	Pb₃₂As₄₀S₉₂			1	74035	2
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	74032	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	74030	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			2	74028,74029	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	15	6	74022,74030,74031,74032,74035,74036	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	74023,74025	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	74032	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	15	4	74022,74030,74032,74036	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	74034	1711
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	74027	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15	15	4	74022,74031,74035,74036	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	74032	2045
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			1	74030	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	74030	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	15	15	2	74022,74030	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	74025	433
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	74035	372
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	74035	228

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
	vms-00505	15	15	Miocene										S	212179	Abeshiro Mine, Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan	Abeshiro	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070620	Oage Mine (Ou'age Mine), Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan	https://rruff.info/R070620

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