Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Makimine Mine, Hinokage, Miyazaki, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 159553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Makimine Mine, Hinokage, Miyazaki, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°37'48"N
Longitude: 131°27'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.63,131.45833333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cubanite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Hisingerite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cubanite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	145	66	802
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	145	66	144
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	145	66	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	145	66	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482

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-00544	145	66	Cretaceous											159553	Makimine Mine, Hinokage, Miyazaki, Japan	Makimine-Hibira	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

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