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Locality Name:
Shakotan Peninsula, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 53565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shakotan Peninsula, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Furubira
Furuu-gun
Oue Mine (Oye Mine; Ohe Mine; Ooe Mine; Oe Mine)
Yoichi Mine

Latitude: 43°10'19"N
Longitude: 140°40'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.171944444444,140.67194444444

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 Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
EpidoteLillianiteMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteStarkeyite
StibniteTetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilesite  (*)Inesite  (*)
Jôkokuite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Uchucchacuaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S235.31747982793
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS235.3274798,74802312
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS235.31747989052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)235.3374798,74802,7480311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4235.31748035516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)235.3274797,7479827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S235.31748035707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2235.3374798,74802,7480327198
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16235.3174803599
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)235.31748008173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS235.3374798,74802,7480324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu235.317480230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3235.317480314640
Ilesite  (*)StarkeyiteMn2+(SO4)·4H2O235.31747989
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O235.317479850
Jôkokuite  (*)ChalcanthiteMn2+(SO4)·5H2O235.31747987
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2235.31748025674
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3235.31748021425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2235.3474798,74801,74802,7480339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2235.3574797,74798,74800,74801,7480261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)235.3274798,748021711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)235.3174802969
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS235.3374798,74802,7480321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3235.31747983418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13235.3274798,748025317
Uchucchacuaite  (*)LillianiteAgMnPb3Sb5S12235.31747985



1 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
vms-00580235.3Miocene        53564Yoichi Mine, Shakotan Peninsula, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, JapanYoichiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070760Inakuraishi Mine, Furubira, Shakotan Peninsula, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R070760


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