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Locality Name:
Mikawa Mine, Aga-machi (Higashi-Kanbara-gun), Niigata, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 122555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mikawa Mine, Aga-machi (Higashi-Kanbara-gun), Niigata, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteClayCyanotrichiteDescloizite
FeldsparKaoliniteKtenasiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Sphalerite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beaverite-(Zn)  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Roxbyite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)60132
Beaverite-(Zn)  (*)NonePb(Fe3+2Zn)(SO4)2(OH)604
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O088
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O091
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6064
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5027
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O0142
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


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