Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Iriki, Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.471
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.332

mindat Locality ID: 241589
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241589.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iriki, Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Iriki Mine
Yamanoguchi

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Milarite	None	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Hemusite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kolbeckite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Sb Sc Si Sn Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Milarite None Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Tridymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0.471	0.332	1	75403	8803
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	0.471	0.332	1	75402	163
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	0.471	0.332	1	75402	72
Hemusite ()*	Sphalerite	Cu¹⁺₄Cu²⁺₂SnMoS₈	0.471	0.332	1	75402	7
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0.471	0.332	1	75402	5591
Kolbeckite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Sc(PO₄)·2H₂O	0.471	0.332	1	75402	26
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0.471	0.332	1	75402	1508
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	0.471	0.332	1	75403	42
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0.471	0.332	1	75403	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.471	0.332	1	75402	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.471	0.332	1	75402	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0.471	0.332	1	75402	21482
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	0.471	0.332	1	75403	458

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
	Mo-00181	0.471	0.332		K-Ar								Hemusite	Mo	19973	Iriki Mine, Iriki, Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima, Japan		Matsumoto and Fujii (1989)	10.2465/ganko.84.398	JMPEGJ84_398

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