Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Togahira Mine (Tsugahira Mine), Osumi Peninsula, Kagoshima, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 24255
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24255.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Togahira Mine (Tsugahira Mine), Osumi Peninsula, 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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Stibnite	Tetradymite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*
Jonassonite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Maldonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	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: Al As Au Bi Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Stibnite Tetradymite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Jonassonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au(Bi,Pb)₅S₄	19
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	86
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	88
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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