Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nishiwaga, Iwate, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 259158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nishiwaga, Iwate, Japan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yuda

Latitude: 39°16'21"N
Longitude: 140°50'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.2725,140.83583333333

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Gypsum	Malachite	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Enargite Gypsum Malachite Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	5.3	3	75206,75209,75210	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	4	75206,75210,75211,75212	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	5.3	2	75206,75210	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	5	75206,75207,75210,75211,75212	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	23	5.3	3	75206,75209,75210	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	5.3	2	75206,75210	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	23	5.3	3	75205,75209,75210	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	23	5.3	2	75206,75210	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	5.3	1	75210	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	5	75206,75207,75210,75211,75212	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	1	75210	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	5.3	1	75210	14640
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	5.3	1	75210	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	5.3	2	75205,75210	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	75211	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	4	75206,75210,75211,75212	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	2	75208,75210	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	4	75206,75210,75211,75212	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	2	75210,75212	5317

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00573	23	5.3	Miocene	25473	Tsuchihata Mine, Yuda, Nishiwaga, Iwate, Japan	Tsuchihata (Hatabira)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00574	23	5.3	Miocene	25473	Tsuchihata Mine, Yuda, Nishiwaga, Iwate, Japan	Tsuchihata (Honniozawa)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00575	23	5.3	Miocene	25473	Tsuchihata Mine, Yuda, Nishiwaga, Iwate, Japan	Tsuchihata (Shiratsuchi)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00576	23	5.3	Miocene	25473	Tsuchihata Mine, Yuda, Nishiwaga, Iwate, Japan	Tsuchihata (Uenono-Okinazsawa)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00577	23	5.3	Miocene	25473	Tsuchihata Mine, Yuda, Nishiwaga, Iwate, Japan	Tsuchihata (Washinosu)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

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