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Locality Name:
Main Deposit, Hishikari Mine (Hishikari Gold Mine), Kagoshima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.6

mindat Locality ID: 229196
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229196.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Main Deposit, Hishikari Mine (Hishikari Gold Mine), Kagoshima, 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.

Acanthite	Alum	Amorphous	Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tridymite

Aguilarite ()*	Alum-(K) ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alum Amorphous Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cristobalite
Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Mordenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Tridymite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	1.25	0.6	87
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1.25	0.6	92
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1.25	0.6	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1.25	0.6	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1.25	0.6	27198
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1.25	0.6	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1.25	0.6	9895
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1.25	0.6	138
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1.25	0.6	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1.25	0.6	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1.25	0.6	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1.25	0.6	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1.25	0.6	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1.25	0.6	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1.25	0.6	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1.25	0.6	300
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1.25	0.6	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1.25	0.6	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1.25	0.6	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1.25	0.6	192
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1.25	0.6	2994
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1.25	0.6	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1.25	0.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1.25	0.6	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1.25	0.6	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1.25	0.6	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1.25	0.6	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1.25	0.6	3418
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1.25	0.6	458

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
	AJES44_373-00026	1.25	0.6	1.25-0.6							Yes			Au	133415	Hishikari Mine (Hishikari Gold Mine), Kagoshima, Japan	Hishikari	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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