Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Ikarigaseki, Minami-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 277411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ikarigaseki, Minami-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yunosawa Mine

Latitude: 40°25'45"N
Longitude: 140°36'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.429166666667,140.61472222222

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: Ag As Ba C Cl Cu Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteArgyroditeBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteGeocroniteMarcasiteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gratonite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tsugaruite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1740032793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17400311547
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS617400391
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217400327198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17400324243
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S1517400324
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23174003105
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21740035674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1740031107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217400339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217400361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1740031711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17400321482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131740031803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131740035317
Tsugaruite  (*)NonePb28As15S50Cl1740033
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS174003372



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...