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:
Hokuto Mine, Miyako City, Iwate, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 218446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hokuto 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.

Molybdenite	None	Quartz

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: Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Molybdenite None Quartz

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Molybdenite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	130.2	117.8	0		5800
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	130.2	117.8	0		61156

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002257	124.2	124	124.2-124	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Molybdenite	Mo	218446	Hokuto Mine, Miyako City, Iwate, Japan	Hokuto Mo Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Mo-00453	130.2	117.8	124.0±6.2	Re-Os		molybdenite	Hokuto (Hk)	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)	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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