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:
Kitakami City, Iwate, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 218456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kitakami City, Iwate, Japan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Iwasaki
Iwasawa Mine
Myotsu Mine (Myotu Mine)
Sen-nin Mine
Waga

Latitude: 39°18'15"N
Longitude: 140°56'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.304166666667,140.94138888889

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	Amphibole	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Baryte Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Garnet Gypsum
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

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	15	15	1	75130	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	75128,75129	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	75128	1534
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	15	15	1	75130	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	15	3	75127,75128,75130	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	75129	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	75123	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	75128,75129	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15	15	3	75123,75127,75130	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	15	15	1	75130	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	75128	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	15	15	2	75123,75130	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	75128	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	75128	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	75128	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	15	4	75124,75127,75128,75130	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	15	4	75122,75127,75128,75130	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	15	15	1	75130	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15	15	3	75123,75127,75130	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
	vms-00578	15	15	Miocene										S	108091	Tsunatori Mine, Waga, Kitakami City, Iwate, Japan	Tsunatori	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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