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Locality Name:
Obira Mine, Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 13782
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13782.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Obira Mine, Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hajikami Section
Koumori Adit (Kohmori Adit)
Okura Deposit
Sensuji Section
Shodo Deposit

Latitude: 32°50'30"N
Longitude: 131°34'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.841666666667,131.57777777778

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Danburite
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Ilvaite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite
Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Danburite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dravite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 As B Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Axinite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Danburite
Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Ilvaite Löllingite Marcasite Melanterite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite
Stilpnomelane Talc Tourmaline Vesuvianite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	76035	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	76034	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	0		260
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	0		88
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	0		843
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	76035	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	76034	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	0		148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	0		498
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	76034	648
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	76034	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		223
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	0		197
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	0		784
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	0		762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	76034,76035,76037	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	76034	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	0		668
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	0		456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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