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Locality Name:
Okinawa Trough, Senkaku Islands (Diaoyudao Islands; Diaoyutai Islands), Okinawa, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 3239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Okinawa Trough, Senkaku Islands (Diaoyudao Islands; Diaoyutai Islands), Okinawa, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Yaeyama Central Graben
Yonaguni Knoll IV Hydrothermal Field

Latitude: 25°2'24"N
Longitude: 123°47'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.04,123.79166666667

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: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg N Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteIronMagnetoplumbite
MarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTalc
TetrahedriteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carlsbergite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromium  (*)Corundum  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diaoyudaoite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eskolaite  (*)
Galena  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nukundamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS176217312
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)276217,762181588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)276216,7621711547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31762181935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4276216,762175516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17621727770
Carlsbergite  (*)RocksaltCrN026
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2376216,76217,7621827198
Chromium  (*)IronCr026
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS276216,762174165
Diaoyudaoite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteNaAl11O1707
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Eskolaite  (*)CorundumCr2O3030
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS376216,76217,7621824243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21762165674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nukundamite  (*)NoneCu3.4Fe0.6S417621716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2376216,76217,7621839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217621661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)276216,762171711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS376216,76217,7621821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31762173418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21762163337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13276216,762171803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13276216,762175317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS176217372



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