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Locality Name:
Shakanai Mine, Odate, Akita, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 105855
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105855.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shakanai Mine, Odate, Akita, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°18'29"N
Longitude: 140°34'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.308055555556,140.57777777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEnargite
GermaniteGypsumMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Furutobeite  (*)Galena  (*)Germanite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Renierite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Furutobeite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)6PbS407
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S16033
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16037
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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