Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hosokura Mine, Kurihara, Miyagi, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 11888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hosokura Mine, Kurihara, Miyagi, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°48'29"N
Longitude: 140°53'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.808055555556,140.89972222222

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.

Aragonite	Aramayoite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epsomite	Fluorite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Aramayoite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Wurtzite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Aramayoite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Epsomite Fluorite
Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	29
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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