Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kazuno City, Akita, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 185889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kazuno City, Akita, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Azukizawa Mine (Hachimantai)
Furokura Mine
Hanawa Mine
Osarizawa Mine

Latitude: 40°13'29"N
Longitude: 140°50'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.224722222222,140.84555555556

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.

Alunite	Analcime	Apatite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Germanite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Linarite
Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunogen ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*	Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferricopiapite ()*	Fukuchilite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wairakite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Apatite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copiapite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Germanite Gypsum Halotrichite Linarite
Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Mordenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

44 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
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			1	73860	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	73860	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	23	5.3	2	73858,73859	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	5.3	3	73858,73859,73860	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	73860	132
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	2	73858,73860	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	73860	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	73857,73860	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	73860	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	73860	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	4	73857,73858,73859,73860	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆			1	73860	110
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	73860	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	73860	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	5.3	1	73858	4165
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	73860	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	5.3	0		8173
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	73860	41
Fukuchilite ()*	Pyrite	Cu₃FeS₈	23	5.3	2	73858,73859	6
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	4	73857,73858,73859,73860	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	73856	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	73860	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	3	73858,73859,73860	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	73860	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	73857,73860	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	23	5.3	0		1271
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	73860	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	5.3	1	73858	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	73860	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	73860	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	73860	915
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	23	5.3	0		405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	5.3	0		17380
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	73860	64
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	4	73857,73858,73859,73860	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	73860	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	3	73857,73858,73860	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	73860	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	73860	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	3	73857,73858,73860	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	73860	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	2	73858,73860	5317
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	23	5.3	0		73
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	73860	372

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-00519	23	5.3	Miocene											11734	Hanawa Mine, Kazuno City, Akita, Japan	Hanawa (Aketoshi-Osaki)	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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