Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aomori, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 11.7

mindat Locality ID: 17422
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17422.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aomori, Japan": 69
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Akitsu Mine
Amagamori Mine
Aomori
Aomori Meteorite
Dake Hot Spring
Goshogawara City
Hachinohe City
Higashi-Tsugaru-gun
Hirakawa City
Hirosaki
Imabetsu-machi
Iwakisan
Kaimei Mine
Kakizaki Mine
Kamikita Mine
Kuroishi City
Minami-Tsugaru-gun
Naka-Tsugaru-gun
Nanbu-cho
Natsudomari Peninsula
Nishi-Tsugaru-gun
Shimokita Peninsula
Tohoku
Yamatoyama Mine
Yotsudaki Mine

Latitude: 40°42'37"N
Longitude: 140°48'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.710277777778,140.8025

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Baryte	Bournonite	Braunite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Devilline	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Geocronite	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Ktenasite
Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite
Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite	Zircon

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Analcime Apatite Aragonite Argyrodite Baryte Bournonite Braunite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corrensite Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Devilline Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Geocronite Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Ktenasite
Lepidocrocite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite
Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite Zinkenite Zircon

84 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Baumhauerite ()*	Birnessite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Braunite ()*	Buserite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*	Enargite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Galena ()*	Germanite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Gratonite ()*	Groutite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hauerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Idaite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Marumoite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sudoite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tosudite ()*	Tsugaruite ()*	Wairakite ()*
Wurtzite ()*	Yugawaralite ()*	Zinkenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	74003,74030	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	73984,74014	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	74032	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	74035	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	74011	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	15	11.7	9	73988,73997,74003,74008,74022,74027,74031,74032,74035	11547
Baumhauerite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₁₂As₁₆S₃₆			1	74035	15
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O			2	74020,74025	178
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	74010,74030	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	15	15	2	73997,74010	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	74035	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	73993	483
Buserite ()*	None	Na₄Mn₁₄O₂₇·21H₂O (?)			1	74010	10
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	73972,73984,74010	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆			1	74003	91
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	73978,73982	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	74040	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	15	15	2	73973,73997	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	11.7	11	73972,73988,73995,73997,74003,74008,74010,74022,74030,74031,74036	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe			1	74027	169
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	73973,74035	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			2	74001,74020	599
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	15	15	2	73997,74032	481
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅			1	74035	34
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	15	15	4	73997,74022,74032,74035	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			2	73984,74014	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	73972,73984,74015	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O			1	73999	138
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15	11.7	13	73972,73988,73996,73997,74001,74003,74008,74010,74022,74030,74031,74036,74040	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	15	15	1	73997	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	15	15	9	73976,73977,73990,73997,74001,74006,74025,74032,74038	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	11.7	11.7	2	73988,74030	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃			1	74030	72
Gratonite ()*	None	Pb₉As₄S₁₅			1	74003	24
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	74023	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	73972,74031	6890
Hauerite ()*	Pyrite	MnS₂			1	74027	26
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	74005	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	74010	1066
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	15	15	1	73997	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	73984,74014	5433
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃			2	74003,74035	105
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15	15	2	73997,74032	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈			2	74027,74030	111
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			3	73972,73999,74015	1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	15	15	1	74022	581
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	15	15	2	73997,74032	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			5	73977,73984,74005,74014,74039	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			4	73978,74006,74018,74023	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	74003,74010,74032	5674
Marumoite ()*	None	Pb₃₂As₄₀S₉₂			1	74035	2
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	74032	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	74003	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	74030	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	73982	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			2	74028,74029	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	11.7	15	73972,73988,73992,73997,74003,74008,74010,74015,74022,74030,74031,74032,74035,74036,74039	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			9	73978,73982,73990,74001,74018,74019,74020,74023,74025	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	15	15	2	73997,74032	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	74010	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	15	19	73972,73978,73982,73984,73986,73990,73992,73997,74003,74008,74010,74011,74014,74015,74020,74022,74030,74032,74036	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			4	74001,74003,74010,74034	1711
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O			1	73972	142
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	74027	1153
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	73972	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	11.7	11.7	1	73988	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15	11.7	12	73972,73988,73996,73997,74003,74008,74010,74022,74031,74035,74036,74040	21482
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	15	15	1	73997	62
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	15	15	1	73997	332
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	15	15	1	73997	51
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			3	73980,73994,74032	2045
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			1	74030	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	74030	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	74003	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	15	11.7	6	73988,73997,74003,74010,74022,74030	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	73984	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			3	74019,74020,74025	433
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	15	15	1	73997	36
Tsugaruite ()*	None	Pb₂₈As₁₅S₅₀Cl			1	74003	3
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O			2	73999,74015	73
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			2	74003,74035	372
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O			1	73999	33
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	74035	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	73984,74014	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00556	11.7	11.7	Middle Miocene	S	69520	Nurukawa Mine, Hirakawa City, Aomori, Japan	Nurukawa	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00533	15	15	Miocene	S	73233	Kamikita Mine, Aomori, Japan	Kamikita	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00505	15	15	Miocene	S	212179	Abeshiro Mine, Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan	Abeshiro	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070067	Oppu Mine, Nishimeya-mura, Naka-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori, Japan	https://rruff.info/R070067
R070620	Oage Mine (Ou'age Mine), Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan	https://rruff.info/R070620

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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