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Locality Name:
Kesennuma City, Miyagi, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 180
Youngest recorded age at locality: 134.5

mindat Locality ID: 188194
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188194.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kesennuma City, Miyagi, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Matsuiwa Mine (Kohoku Mine)
Oya Mine
Shishiori Mine

Latitude: 38°58'0"N
Longitude: 141°31'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.966666666667,141.51944444444
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 As Au B Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Na O Pb S Si U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumFluoriteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinelTourmaline

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS180134.51756949052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2180134.5275694,7569627198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS180134.5175694966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS180134.517569624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu180134.5275695,7569630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3180134.517569414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4180134.517569414899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2180134.51756945800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2180134.5275694,7569639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8180134.51756949056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2180134.5275694,7569661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)180134.5275694,756964894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)180134.51756942705
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2180134.51756942718


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
Mo-00392145.3134.5139.9±5.4Re-Os molybdeniteHata (Ht)  Molybdenite Mo188194Kesennuma City, Miyagi, JapanKesennuma, MiyagiSuzuki et al. (1996)10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0GCA60_3151 
Mo-00393164.1150.9157.5±6.6Re-Os molybdeniteHata (Ht)  Molybdenite Mo188194Kesennuma City, Miyagi, JapanKesennuma, MiyagiSuzuki et al. (1996)10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0GCA60_3151 
Mo-00394180146163±17Re-Os molybdeniteHata (Ht)  Molybdenite Mo188194Kesennuma City, Miyagi, JapanKesennuma, MiyagiSuzuki et al. (1996)10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0GCA60_3151 

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