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Locality Name:
Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 32509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bokoi Deposit
Date Mine
Kasuga Mine
Muroran City
Noboribetsu City
Shiraoi-cho
Shiraoi-gun
Soubetsu-cho (Sobetsu-cho)
Usu-zan
Yuufutsu-gun

Latitude: 42°33'33"N
Longitude: 141°2'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.559166666667,141.04638888889

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.

Amorphous	Aphthitalite	Arcanite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper	Corrensite
Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite
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 Au B Ba Bi Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb Re S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aphthitalite Arcanite Baryte Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copiapite Copper Corrensite
Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica
None Not in a structural group Olivine Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tamarugite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite
Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*
Arcanite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Carobbiite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Dickite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galeite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nacrite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Petzite ()*	Pickeringite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rheniite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sassolite ()*	Spinel ()*	Sudoite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tamarugite ()*
Tellurantimony ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tosudite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			3	74670,74671,74672	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			2	74658,74675	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			2	74671,74672	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	74666	1036
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂			1	74672	77
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)			1	74672	30
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	15	15	5	74662,74667,74671,74672,74675	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			3	74670,74671,74672	1935
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	74658	361
Carobbiite ()*	Rocksalt	KF			1	74672	3
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	74658	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	15	1	74662	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	74659	3902
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe			1	74658	169
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	74672	382
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			2	74671,74672	453
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	74667	651
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	74675	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	74666	1188
Galeite ()*	None	Na₁₅(SO₄)₅ClF₄			2	74671,74672	3
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	74671,74672	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	74668	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	74658	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			2	74671,74672	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	74671,74672	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			2	74671,74672	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	74671,74672	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	74658	804
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)			2	74671,74672	56
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	74675	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	74667,74670	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈			1	74658	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	74675	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	74670	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	74667	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	74667	112
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	74670	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	74670	511
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	74658	409
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	74671	265
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			2	74671,74672	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	15	5	74658,74662,74671,74672,74675	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	74658,74660,74670,74671,74672,74675	61156
Rheniite ()*	None	ReS₂			2	74671,74672	8
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	74672,74675	5614
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃			1	74672	31
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	74675	1934
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈			1	74667	51
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	74670	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	74671	87
Tellurantimony ()*	Tetradymite	Sb₂Te₃			1	74658	29
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			2	74671,74672	190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	74657,74658	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	74672	299
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	74675	4899
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O			1	74667	36
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	74675	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
	vms-00525	15	15	Miocene										S	73136	Horobetsu Mine (Horobetsu Gold-silver-copper Mine), Noboribetsu City, Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan	Horobetsu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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