Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kamikita Mine, Aomori, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 73233
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73233.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kamikita Mine, Aomori, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°43'45"N
Longitude: 140°57'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.729166666667,140.95833333333

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corrensite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Enargite	Germanite	Kaolinite
None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Goethite ()*	Idaite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sudoite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tosudite ()*

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 Ba Cu Fe Ge H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Cu Fe Ge H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corrensite Cubanite Diaspore Enargite Germanite Kaolinite
None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	15	15	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	15	15	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	15	15	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	15	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	15	15	481
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	15	15	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15	15	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	15	15	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	15	15	7437
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	15	15	142
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15	15	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	15	15	198
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	15	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	15	15	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	15	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15	15	21482
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	15	15	62
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	15	15	332
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	15	15	51
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	15	15	5317
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	15	15	36

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-00533	15	15	Miocene										S	73233	Kamikita Mine, Aomori, Japan	Kamikita	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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