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Locality Name:
Matsuo Mine, Iwate, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.1

mindat Locality ID: 53766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Matsuo Mine, Iwate, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°55'59"N
Longitude: 140°55'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.933055555556,140.93305555556

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 Ba Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteClayCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteMarcasiteNoneOrpimentPyrite
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSulphur

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Livingstonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)610.10966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)10.1011547
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS10.102600
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O10.1066
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)10.107437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310.1014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)410.105591
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)210.1024
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210.105674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O10.101508
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O10.102994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S310.10511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210.1039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210.1061156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS10.102045



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
Hg-0010410.1 K-Ar, PM, TL     Cinnabar, LivingstoniteHg53766Matsuo Mine, Iwate, Japan Imai (2004); Ohba et al. (2007)   


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