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Locality Name:
Iwato Mine, Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 143452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iwato Mine, Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Iwashita Pit

Latitude: 31°16'8"N
Longitude: 130°41'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.268888888889,130.68888888889
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 Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArgyroditeChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeEnargiteKaoliniteMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Bornite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1753972793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6175397966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21753972162
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41753975516
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS617539791
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21753975171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1753975707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217539727198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4175397651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4175397910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17539724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1753977437
Gold  (*)CopperAu17539730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317539714640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41753975591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21753975800
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31753971425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217539739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217539761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21753975614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17539721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4175397668


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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