Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Yamaguchi Mine, Miyako City, Iwate, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 209226
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209226.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yamaguchi Mine, Miyako City, Iwate, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	Molybdenite	None	Pyroxene	Scheelite

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 Ca Fe H Mo O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mo O S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Molybdenite None Pyroxene Scheelite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	130.2	117.8	1534
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	130.2	117.8	8173
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	130.2	117.8	741
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	130.2	117.8	5800
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	130.2	117.8	4894

2 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
	Mo-00453	130.2	117.8	124.0±6.2	Re-Os			molybdenite	Hokuto (Hk)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	218446	Hokuto Mine, Miyako City, Iwate, Japan	Miyako, lwate	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151
	Mo-00454	128.9	119.5	124.2+4.7	Re-Os			molybdenite	Hokuto (Hk)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	218446	Hokuto Mine, Miyako City, Iwate, Japan	Miyako, lwate	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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