Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Tateiwa, Fukushima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 209229
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209229.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tateiwa, Fukushima, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hotaru Mine
Mizuhiki Mine
Tateiwa 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.

Aragonite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Elyite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Malachite ()*	Plumbonacrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	74382	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	66	2.6	1	74381	4979
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	66	2.6	1	74381	85
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	74380	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	1	74381	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	74382	12537
Plumbonacrite ()*	None	Pb₅(CO₃)₃O(OH)₂	66	2.6	1	74381	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	74380	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	74380,74382	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	2.6	1	74381	21482

1 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
	sedznpb-00280	66	2.6	Tertiary											105883	Mizuhiki Mine, Tateiwa, Fukushima, Japan	Mizuhiki	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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