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Locality Name:
Kijō, Koyu District, Miyazaki, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 143431
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143431.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kijō, Koyu District, Miyazaki, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Matsuo Mine
Yabitsu Mine

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: Al As Au B Bi Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCubaniteNickelineNonePyriteRutileSphalerite
StanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTourmalineValleriiteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Foitite  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS275748,757509052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1757481966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31757481935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41757485516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21757485171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217574827198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3175748802
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)17574875
Gold  (*)CopperAu17574830554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14175748784
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2275748,7575039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8275748,757509056
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1757481153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17574821482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4175748668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3275748,757493418
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S175748510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131757485317
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]175748237


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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