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:
Mishima Village, Kagoshima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.14
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 257394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mishima Village, Kagoshima, Japan": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou Island)

Latitude: 30°47'8"N
Longitude: 130°17'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.785555555556,130.29694444444

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.

Amorphous	Aphthitalite	Baryte	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Milarite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Augite ()*	Buserite ()*	Challacolloite ()*
Sulphur-β ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Ilsemannite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roedderite ()*	Sassolite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Tugarinovite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 B Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aphthitalite Baryte Clay Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite
Milarite Molybdenite Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tridymite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0.14	1	75382	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0.14	1	75376	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0.14	2	75376,75379	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0.14	1	75383	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0.14	2	75376,75379	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0.14	1	75382	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	0.14	1	75382	77
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0.14	1	75376	2060
Buserite ()*	None	Na₄Mn₁₄O₂₇·21H₂O (?)	0.14	1	75376	10
Challacolloite ()*	None	KPb₂Cl₅	0.14	2	75376,75379	7
Sulphur-β ()*	None	S	0.14	1	75382	5
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	0.14	5	75376,75379,75382,75383,75386	453
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	0.14	1	75376	371
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	0.14	1	75376	86
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	0.14	2	75376,75379	84
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0.14	1	75376	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.14	2	75381,75382	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0.14	3	75376,75379,75382	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0.14	3	75376,75379,75382	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0.14	1	75379	5433
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	0.14	4	75376,75379,75381,75382	123
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0.14	2	75376,75379	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.14	3	75376,75379,75382	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0.14	3	75376,75379,75382	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	0.14	3	75376,75379,75382	140
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0.14	7	75376,75377,75378,75379,75382,75383,75384	2994
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0.14	2	75376,75379	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.14	3	75376,75379,75382	61156
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	0.14	3	75376,75379,75380	30
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃	0.14	2	75376,75382	31
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0.14	3	75376,75379,75382	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0.14	8	75376,75379,75380,75381,75382,75383,75384,75386	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0.14	3	75376,75379,75382	275
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	0.14	4	75376,75379,75382,75386	458
Tugarinovite ()*	Rutile	MoO₂	0.14	3	75376,75379,75382	5
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0.14	3	75376,75379,75382	1655

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
	Mo-00293	0.14	0		?-?								Molybdenite, Molybdite, Tugarinovite, Wulfenite, Ilsemannite	Mo	66903	Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou Island), Mishima Village, Kagoshima, Japan		Maeno and Taniguchi (2007)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.05.003	JVGR167_212

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-247	Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou Island), Mishima Village, Kagoshima, Japan	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-226-to-fkm-250/#FKM-247

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