Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Uetsu, Niigata, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 72.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66.6

mindat Locality ID: 269682
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269682.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uetsu, Niigata, Japan": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Daitoku
Juseki
Kanamaru
Kanzeon
Nabekura
Nogeyama
Shintoku
Shionomachi
Takane
Wakikawa

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	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Lillianite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Zircon

Aikinite ()*	Aleksite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brookite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gustavite ()*
Ikunolite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ingodite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Joséite-B ()*
Lillianite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pavonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Garnet Lillianite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pavonite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetradymite Zircon

34 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
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	76007	315
Aleksite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₂S₂			1	76010	28
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	72.2	66.6	2	76003,76008	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			5	76002,76005,76007,76009,76010	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	76002,76010	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	72.2	66.6	7	76002,76003,76005,76006,76007,76008,76010	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	72.2	66.6	8	76001,76002,76003,76005,76006,76007,76008,76010	1935
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			3	76002,76007,76010	700
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃			3	76001,76002,76007	41
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			5	76001,76002,76004,76005,76007	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			9	76001,76002,76003,76004,76005,76006,76007,76009,76010	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			3	76002,76007,76010	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	76010	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	76002,76007,76010	24243
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆			1	76009	113
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃			2	76006,76007	54
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	76002,76005	5433
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS			1	76002	30
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂			3	76002,76003,76007	50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S			1	76003	86
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆			5	76001,76002,76004,76007,76010	128
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	72.2	66.6	8	76002,76003,76005,76006,76007,76008,76009,76010	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	72.2	66.6	9	76002,76003,76004,76005,76006,76007,76008,76009,76010	17380
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅			1	76002	72
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	72.2	66.6	10	76001,76002,76003,76004,76005,76006,76007,76008,76009,76010	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	72.2	66.6	7	76001,76003,76004,76005,76006,76008,76009	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	72.2	66.6	10	76001,76002,76003,76004,76005,76006,76007,76008,76009,76010	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	76003,76005	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	76003	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	72.2	66.6	4	76002,76005,76007,76008	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	72.2	66.6	7	76002,76004,76005,76007,76008,76009,76010	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)			1	76001	156
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	76005	510
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			5	76002,76005,76007,76009,76010	5251

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
	Kristen001939	72.2	66.6	69.4±2.8	K-Ar			muscovite	71Ni-19			Muscovite			269687	Shionomachi, Uetsu, Niigata, Japan	Shiono-machi	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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