Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Osumi Peninsula, Kagoshima, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 186976
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186976.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Osumi Peninsula, Kagoshima, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sakkabira
Togahira Mine (Tsugahira Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jonassonite ()*	Joséite-A ()*
Joséite-B ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Osumilite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 As Au Bi Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Mica Milarite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Quartz Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tridymite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	75392	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	75393	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	75393	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	75393	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	75393	27198
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	75392	371
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	75393	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	75392	14640
Jonassonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au(Bi,Pb)₅S₄	1	75393	19
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	1	75393	50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	1	75393	86
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	75392	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	75393	88
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	75393	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	75393	17380
Osumilite ()*	Milarite	KFe₂(Al₅Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	75392	15
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	75393	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	75393	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	75392,75393	61156
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	75392	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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