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Locality Name:
Kamineichi, Miyako City, Iwate, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 130.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 117.8

mindat Locality ID: 263137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kamineichi, Miyako City, Iwate, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Neichi Mine

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 B C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBaddeleyiteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCubaniteHumite
LinariteLudwigiteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteWarwickiteWollastoniteWurtziteZirconolite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)
Kotoite  (*)Linarite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Suanite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Warwickite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2130.2117.81751873419
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)130.2117.81751873250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6130.2117.8175187919
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2130.2117.8175187238
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2130.2117.8175187462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)130.2117.817518727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2130.2117.817518727198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2130.2117.8175187285
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2130.2117.8175187236
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3130.2117.8175187802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6130.2117.81751874135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2130.2117.81751879895
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)130.2117.81751871188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS130.2117.817518724243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3130.2117.817518770
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)2130.2117.817518720
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2130.2117.8175187987
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)130.2117.8175187134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4130.2117.817518714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2130.2117.817518712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2130.2117.81751875800
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2130.2117.8175187313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2130.2117.81751872273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2130.2117.817518739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8130.2117.81751879056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2130.2117.817518761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS130.2117.817518721482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4130.2117.81751871934
Suanite  (*)NoneMg2B2O5130.2117.817518716
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)130.2117.817518787
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O130.2117.81751874899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2130.2117.81751872562
Warwickite  (*)Warwickite(Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)2O(BO3)130.2117.817518715
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3130.2117.81751871247
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7130.2117.8175187140


2 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-00453130.2117.8124.0±6.2Re-Os molybdeniteHokuto (Hk) YesMolybdenite Mo218446Hokuto Mine, Miyako City, Iwate, JapanMiyako, lwateSuzuki et al. (1996)10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0GCA60_3151 
Mo-00454128.9119.5124.2+4.7Re-Os molybdeniteHokuto (Hk) YesMolybdenite Mo218446Hokuto Mine, Miyako City, Iwate, JapanMiyako, lwateSuzuki et al. (1996)10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0GCA60_3151 

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