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Locality Name:
Miyako City, Iwate, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 130.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 117.8

mindat Locality ID: 186008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miyako City, Iwate, Japan": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ankoku Mine
Dainikadokami Mine
Hanawa Mine
Hokuto Mine
Kamineichi
Minamikawame Mine
Oguni-michimata
Omoe Mine
Sarukabe-yama
Taro
Toyohana Mine
Yamaguchi Mine

Latitude: 39°45'29"N
Longitude: 141°56'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.758055555556,141.93333333333
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: Al B C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteBaddeleyiteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
CubaniteDiasporeEpidoteGarnetHumiteLepidocrociteLinariteLudwigiteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTitaniteVesuvianiteWarwickiteWollastoniteWurtziteZirconolite

58 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alleghanyite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bementite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kotoite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrochroite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sonolite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)Suanite  (*)
Szaibélyite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Warwickite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2130.2117.81751873419
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2130.2117.817518477
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3130.2117.81751951534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)130.2117.81751873250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6130.2117.81751892060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6130.2117.8175187919
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2130.2117.8175187238
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8130.2117.8175184173
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2130.2117.8175187462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)130.2117.817518727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S130.2117.81751935707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2130.2117.8275187,7519327198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2130.2117.8175187285
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2130.2117.8175187236
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3130.2117.8175187802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6130.2117.8275187,751914135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2130.2117.8275183,751879895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6130.2117.8175189944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)130.2117.81751958173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)130.2117.81751871188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS130.2117.8275187,7519324243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3130.2117.817518770
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)130.2117.81751887437
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6130.2117.8175195741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3130.2117.817519014640
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)2130.2117.8275183,7518720
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)130.2117.8175188581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2130.2117.8175187987
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)130.2117.8175187134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4130.2117.8275187,7519314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2130.2117.817518712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2130.2117.8375185,75187,751955800
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)130.2117.8175194186
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2130.2117.8175187313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2130.2117.81751872273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2130.2117.8275187,7519339462
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)2130.2117.817518456
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3130.2117.8175194147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8130.2117.8275187,751939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2130.2117.8375185,75187,7518861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)130.2117.8275184,751941711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)130.2117.8375184,75188,75194969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)130.2117.81751954894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)130.2117.81751886417
Sonolite  (*)HumiteMn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)2130.2117.817518450
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3130.2117.81751941214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS130.2117.8275187,7519321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4130.2117.81751871934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3130.2117.81751823418
Suanite  (*)NoneMg2B2O5130.2117.817518716
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)130.2117.817518787
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)130.2117.8275184,75194240
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O130.2117.81751874899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2130.2117.81751872562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10130.2117.81751831395
Warwickite  (*)Warwickite(Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)2O(BO3)130.2117.817518715
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3130.2117.81751871247
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7130.2117.8175187140


3 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
Kristen002257124.2124124.2-124Re-Osmineralization agemolybdenite   Molybdenite Mo218446Hokuto Mine, Miyako City, Iwate, JapanHokuto Mo DepositHan et al. (2014)10.1111/rge.12033RG64_136 
Mo-00453130.2117.8124.0±6.2Re-Os molybdeniteHokuto (Hk)  Molybdenite Mo218446Hokuto Mine, Miyako City, Iwate, JapanMiyako, lwateSuzuki et al. (1996)10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0GCA60_3151 
Mo-00454128.9119.5124.2+4.7Re-Os molybdeniteHokuto (Hk)  Molybdenite Mo218446Hokuto Mine, Miyako City, Iwate, JapanMiyako, lwateSuzuki et al. (1996)10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0GCA60_3151 

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