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Locality Name:
Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.471
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.332

mindat Locality ID: 241585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima, Japan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Iriki
Koshiki Archipelago

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Al Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Sb Sc Si Sn Te Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AtacamiteBranneriteClayConnelliteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMicaMilariteNone
Not in a structural groupPhosphosideritePyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteTridymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Connellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemusite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kolbeckite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)0.4710.332275403,754088803
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3275406,75408544
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6175406248
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O175406295
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1754062970
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS40.4710.332175402163
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S130.4710.33217540272
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1754086890
Hemusite  (*)SphaleriteCu1+4Cu2+2SnMoS80.4710.3321754027
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40.4710.3321754025591
Kolbeckite  (*)PhosphosideriteSc(PO4)·2H2O0.4710.332275401,7540226
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O0.4710.3321754021508
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)MilariteKMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O300.4710.33217540342
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6175406158
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20.4710.3321754032273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS20.4710.332275401,7540239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO20.4710.332375401,75402,7540861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS0.4710.332275401,7540221482
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20.4710.332175403458



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
Mo-001810.4710.332 K-Ar     HemusiteMo19973Iriki Mine, Iriki, Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima, Japan Matsumoto and Fujii (1989)10.2465/ganko.84.398JMPEGJ84_398 


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