Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Odate, Akita, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 188094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Odate, Akita, Japan": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Edate Mine
Ezuri Mine
Fukasawa Mine (Fukazawa Mine)
Fuyo Mine
Hanaoka Mine
Hinai
Hitorizawa
Iwagami Deposit
Jinba Mine
Koyukizawa Mine
Magata Deposit
Matsuki Mine (Takadate)
Nagaki Mine
Niida
Numadate Mine
Oshigenai Mine
Saruma Mine
Shakanai Mine
Shinsawa Deposit
Tashiro
Yatate Mine

Latitude: 40°14'38"N
Longitude: 140°34'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.243888888889,140.56833333333

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	Analcime	Argyrodite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Copper	Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Digenite	Enargite	Feldspar	Germanite	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pectolite	Polybasite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Analcime Argyrodite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Copper Corrensite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Digenite Enargite Feldspar Germanite Gypsum
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pectolite Polybasite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anilite ()*
Argyrodite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Colusite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Furutobeite ()*	Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Gold ()*
Greigite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Renierite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Saponite ()*	Serandite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sudoite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thénardite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tosudite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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	73933	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	73922	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	15	15	1	73901	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	23	5.3	2	73907,73933	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	23	5.3	2	73907,73914	88
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	15	15	1	73898	62
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	5.3	10	73897,73898,73901,73907,73908,73913,73914,73927,73928,73933	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	6	73898,73908,73914,73921,73927,73933	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	15	15	2	73898,73924	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	5	73897,73898,73901,73914,73927	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	23	5.3	1	73907	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	5.3	2	73907,73933	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	12	73898,73900,73901,73907,73908,73913,73914,73920,73921,73927,73928,73933	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	73933	1756
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	15	15	2	73898,73900	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	5.3	4	73898,73907,73908,73933	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	15	15	1	73901	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	23	5.3	1	73907	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	23	5.3	3	73908,73914,73933	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	1	73927	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	5.3	3	73907,73908,73933	910
Furutobeite ()*	None	(Cu,Ag)₆PbS₄			1	73933	7
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	12	73898,73900,73901,73907,73908,73910,73913,73914,73920,73921,73927,73933	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆			1	73933	33
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	4	73898,73908,73914,73933	30554
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	23	5.3	1	73907	62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	6	73898,73901,73907,73908,73923,73933	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	5.3	3	73908,73921,73933	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15	15	1	73901	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	73921	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	73930	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	23	5.3	4	73908,73910,73916,73933	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	15	15	1	73898	51
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	23	5.3	1	73907	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	23	5.3	4	73901,73908,73913,73927	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	15	15	2	73901,73922	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15	15	3	73901,73922,73933	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	23	5.3	1	73908	511
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	23	5.3	2	73898,73914	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	73933	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	16	73897,73898,73900,73901,73907,73908,73910,73913,73914,73920,73921,73927,73928,73929,73932,73933	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			8	73906,73924,73925,73928,73931,73936,73937,73938	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	73920	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	11	73897,73898,73901,73907,73908,73922,73927,73928,73932,73933,73937	61156
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆			1	73933	37
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	15	15	1	73898	1711
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	23	5.3	1	73927	301
Serandite ()*	Pectolite	NaMn²⁺₂Si₃O₈(OH)	15	15	1	73898	38
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	73921	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	13	73897,73898,73900,73901,73907,73908,73911,73913,73914,73920,73921,73927,73933	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	73921	668
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	23	5.3	3	73898,73914,73933	332
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	23	5.3	2	73907,73929	51
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	23	5.3	4	73898,73900,73914,73933	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	7	73898,73900,73901,73907,73914,73927,73933	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	23	5.3	1	73907	299
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	73928	433
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O			1	73929	36
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	23	5.3	1	73908	297

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00514	15	15	Miocene	S	171360	Ezuri Mine, Odate, Akita, Japan	Ezuri	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00515	15	15	Miocene	S	159565	Fukasawa Mine (Fukazawa Mine), Odate, Akita, Japan	Fukazawa	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00517	23	5.3	Miocene		188080	Doyashiki Deposit, Hanaoka Mine, Odate, Akita, Japan	Hanaoka (Doy-Tsut-Kam)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00518	23	5.3	Miocene		185489	Matsumine Deposit, Hanaoka Mine, Odate, Akita, Japan	Hanaoka (Mats-Sha)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00545	23	5.3	Miocene		258979	Matsuki Mine (Takadate), Odate, Akita, Japan	Matsuki	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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