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Locality Name:
Hiyama Subprefecture, Oshima Peninsula, Hokkaidō, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 133813
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133813.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hiyama Subprefecture, Oshima Peninsula, Hokkaidō, Japan": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Imakane (Imagane; Hanaishi)
Kaminokuni
Oshamambe Mine

Latitude: 42°28'28"N
Longitude: 140°14'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.474444444444,140.23361111111

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Li Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmphiboleArgyroditeArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteEpidote
EpsomiteGeocroniteGermaniteGypsumHexahydriteKaoliniteKieseriteLöllingiteLepidocrociteMadocite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePolybasitePrehnite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyite
TetradymiteTetrahedriteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

79 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Colusite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrohexahydrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Groutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Ilesite  (*)Jôkokuite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)
Madocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mallardite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nsutite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Szmikite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zincmelanterite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1747562793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21747563419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3174754315
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21747563092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O174756445
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS617475662
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1747569052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17475811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41747605516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31747541089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)374754,74755,7475627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2574754,74755,74756,74759,7476027198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S16174759110
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O174756382
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16174756227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1747604165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16274750,74756599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61747564135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2274754,747569895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4174754910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)274754,747568173
Ferrohexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteFe2+(SO4)·6H2O17475621
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12274755,74756663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS674754,74755,74756,74757,74759,7476024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23174756133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)274756,747587437
Gold  (*)CopperAu374756,74757,7475930554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O174756188
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)17475072
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1747566890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317475114640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te174754804
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O174756251
Ilesite  (*)StarkeyiteMn2+(SO4)·4H2O1747569
Jôkokuite  (*)ChalcanthiteMn2+(SO4)·5H2O1747567
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41747565591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS417475982
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2174756234
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)174756581
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2174756210
Madocite  (*)MadocitePb19(Sb,As)16S431747546
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417475114899
Mallardite  (*)MelanteriteMn(SO4)·7H2O17475614
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)374749,74750,74756770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2274756,747605674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2174756252
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O174756915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1747561066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2374754,74756,7476017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs174756633
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x174756121
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS174756767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs217475652
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81747561512
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6174756170
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]174756716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21747561898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3174756733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31747561425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2674754,74755,74756,74758,74759,7476039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2374750,74755,747563106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8274756,747609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2974747,74748,74751,74754,74755,74756,74758,74759,7476061156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO217475088
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)474755,74756,74757,747601711
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O174756293
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21174754165
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O17475684
Silver  (*)CopperAg1747565186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS674754,74755,74756,74757,74759,7476021482
Szmikite  (*)KieseriteMn(SO4)·H2O17475614
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O174756139
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S174754510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13274754,747565317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21747562562
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4174756380
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31747561247
Zincmelanterite  (*)MelanteriteZn(SO4)·7H2O1747568
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1747561025



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070102Johkoku Mine (Jôkoku Mine; Jokoku Mine), Kaminokuni, Hiyama Subprefecture, Oshima Peninsula, Hokkaidō, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R070102


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