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Locality Name:
Ishikawa, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 108041
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108041.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ishikawa, Japan": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Enuma District
Hakui City
Hakui District
Hakusan City
Kaga City
Kanazawa City
Komatsu City
Nanao City
Nomi City
Nomi District
Noto Peninsula
Oshirakawa Geothermal Field
Suzu City

Latitude: 36°35'44"N
Longitude: 136°33'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.595555555556,136.56555555556

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 C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryte
BrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFleischeriteFluoriteGypsumIronKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMelanteriteMica
MordeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelSulphur

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Despujolsite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Iron  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Wairakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1750412793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1750498803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)175019706
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1750571627
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1750412734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1750601588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1750329052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6175041919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21750415509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)375032,75040,7504111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41750415516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61750411633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)275041,7505727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1750414979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O175041925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1750415707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2475032,75040,75041,7504327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1750413531
Copper  (*)CopperCu375040,75041,750423846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1750414165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O275040,750412970
Despujolsite  (*)FleischeriteCa3Mn4+(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O17504110
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16175041300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21750569895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21750229617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1750491188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS275032,7504124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)275040,750417437
Gold  (*)CopperAu275024,7504130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1750562812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O275041,750606890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317504114640
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)617504182
Iron  (*)IronFe1750491089
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14175032784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41750265591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O175041593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2175041987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417504114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217504112537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O175041915
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1750351508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O175057405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2275026,7505717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O575017,75034,75043,75058,750592994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2375032,75041,7504339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21750453106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl375038,75040,750411725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21075022,75026,75032,75035,75039,75040,75041,75043,75054,7505761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1750321711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1750326417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1750245186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS275032,7504121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1750412045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1750411101
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1750491044
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O17505773



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