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Locality Name:
Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 53566
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53566.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Iwanai-dake
Kunitomi Mine
Kutchan Mine
Menashidomari
Otaru-Matsukura Deposit (Otarumatsukura)
Rankoshi
Shakotan Peninsula
Shizukari Mine
Suttsu Mine
Yoichi

Latitude: 42°56'49"N
Longitude: 140°40'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.946944444444,140.67833333333

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	Alunite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Germanite	Gypsum	Lillianite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pavonite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stannoidite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper
Coronadite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Germanite Gypsum Lillianite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pavonite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stannoidite Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chatkalite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Colusite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gustavite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Ilesite ()*
Inesite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jôkokuite ()*	Kawazulite ()*	Kuramite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Nekrasovite ()*	Pavonite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Uchucchacuaite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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	23	5.3	4	74798,74804,74809,74810	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	23	5.3	2	74798,74802	312
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	74807	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	23	5.3	1	74798	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	74805	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	5.3	6	74789,74792,74798,74802,74803,74805	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	74805	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	1	74803	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	5	74797,74798,74804,74805,74810	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	74805	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	5.3	1	74803	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	6	74789,74798,74802,74803,74805,74809	27198
Chatkalite ()*	None	Cu₆FeSn₂S₈			1	74805	8
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	74804	1382
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆			1	74805	110
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	23	5.3	2	74803,74808	599
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	5.3	1	74800	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	74788	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	7	74789,74798,74802,74803,74805,74809,74810	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	5	74802,74804,74805,74809,74810	30554
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆			1	74805	113
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	74805	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	5.3	1	74803	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	74808	243
Ilesite ()*	Starkeyite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	23	5.3	1	74798	9
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	23	5.3	2	74798,74810	50
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	74790	2228
Jôkokuite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·5H₂O	23	5.3	1	74798	7
Kawazulite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂Se			1	74805	32
Kuramite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SnS₄			1	74805	12
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	74791	1271
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆			1	74805	128
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄			1	74788	98
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	74808	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	23	5.3	1	74802	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	74792	1107
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)			1	74788	153
Nekrasovite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃VSn₃S₁₆			1	74805	11
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅			1	74805	72
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	74788	495
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	23	5.3	3	74802,74804,74810	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	8	74789,74798,74801,74802,74803,74804,74805,74810	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	8	74797,74798,74800,74801,74802,74805,74809,74810	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	23	5.3	4	74798,74802,74809,74810	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	23	5.3	1	74802	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	7	74789,74798,74802,74803,74805,74809,74810	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	74805	668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂			1	74805	80
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	23	5.3	2	74798,74805	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	74795	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	2	74798,74802	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			2	74808,74810	433
Uchucchacuaite ()*	Lillianite	AgMnPb₃Sb₅S₁₂	23	5.3	1	74798	5
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	74805	372

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00539	23	5.3	Miocene	217330	Kunitomi Mine, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan	Kunitomi (1-5-IN-Fuden)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00540	23	5.3	Miocene	217330	Kunitomi Mine, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan	Kunitomi (3-4-6)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00541	23	5.3	Miocene	217330	Kunitomi Mine, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan	Kunitomi (7-8)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00580	23	5.3	Miocene	53564	Yoichi Mine, Shakotan Peninsula, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan	Yoichi	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070760	Inakuraishi Mine, Furubira, Shakotan Peninsula, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan	https://rruff.info/R070760
R070257	Todoroki Mine, Yoichi, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan	https://rruff.info/R070257

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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