Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.96
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.8

mindat Locality ID: 224250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hayato
Makizono
Yokogawa-cho

Latitude: 31°55'9"N
Longitude: 130°37'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.919166666667,130.61666666667
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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Na O S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparKaoliniteMilariteNone
OlivinePyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Eugsterite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Opal  (*)
Osumilite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1.961.81753652793
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1.961.817536527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21.961.817536527198
Eugsterite  (*)NoneNa4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O1.961.817536232
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1.961.8175360371
Gold  (*)CopperAu1.961.817536530554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41.961.81753655591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41.961.817536014899
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg31.961.817536524
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1.961.81753632994
Osumilite  (*)MilariteKFe2(Al5Si10)O301.961.817536015
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31.961.81753651425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21.961.817536539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21.961.8275360,7536561156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1.961.8175360598
Silver  (*)CopperAg1.961.81753655186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1.961.817536521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31.961.81753653418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131.961.81753655317


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Hg-00111epithermal gold


1 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
Hg-001111.961.8 K-Ar     MoschellandsbergiteHg108008Yamagano Mine, Yokogawa-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan Watanabe (2005)10.1007/s00126-005-0025-7MD40_307 

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