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Locality Name:
Shirosato-machi, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 9.8

mindat Locality ID: 277034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shirosato-machi, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Takatori 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 As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteDigeniteFluoriteKobellite
MicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStannite
StibniteTopaz

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Digenite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tintinaite  (*)
Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS70.89.81749609052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)670.89.8174961413
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S370.89.8274960,749611935
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)270.89.8174961178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO270.89.81749605171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS270.89.817496027198
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S70.89.81749601027
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)70.89.8174960551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF270.89.81749609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS70.89.817496024243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212.29.81749605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)270.866.617496017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS270.89.817496039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO270.89.8274960,7496161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)70.89.81749601711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)70.89.81749604894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O70.89.81749601153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS70.89.817496021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS470.89.8174960668
Tintinaite  (*)KobellitePb10Cu2Sb16S3570.89.817496024
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F270.89.81749601476


3 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
Kristen00193870.866.668.7±2.1K-Ar muscovite   Muscovite  108131Takatori Mine, Shirosato-machi, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, JapanTakatoriShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Mo-0030210.69.810.2±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteTakatori (Tt)  Molybdenite Mo108131Takatori Mine, Shirosato-machi, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, JapanNanae, IbarakiSuzuki et al. (1996)10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0GCA60_3151 
Mo-0030312.21111.6+0.6Re-Os molybdeniteTakatori (Tt)  Molybdenite Mo108131Takatori Mine, Shirosato-machi, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, JapanNanae, IbarakiSuzuki et al. (1996)10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0GCA60_3151 

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