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Locality Name:
Takachiho, Nishiusuki, Miyazaki, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 143453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Takachiho, Nishiusuki, Miyazaki, Japan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Akimoto Mine
Kayano Mine
Morowaku Mine
Toroku Mine
Tsuzura 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 B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryteCalciteCaledonite
CarminiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCubaniteDanburiteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGadolinite
GarnetIlvaiteLöllingiteLinariteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePectolitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTitaniteTourmalineValleriiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsendescloizite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bementite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Danburite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Duftite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Legrandite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Manganosite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tinzenite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)175763254
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS175763312
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1757652734
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)17576320
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS275763,757649052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2175763260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)217576088
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2175765172
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8275760,75763173
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)375760,75763,7576427770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6275763,75765359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2175765178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21757635171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)275763,757654979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2275763,7576427198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)175765363
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4175763109
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3275761,75764802
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8175763148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)275763,75764498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6275763,757644135
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)275763,75765220
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)275763,757648173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21757639617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS275763,7576424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1757637437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31757631544
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4175760350
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6275763,75764741
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O275763,757651689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2175763201
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)175764197
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4175760172
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2175763265
Legrandite  (*)NoneZn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O275763,7576520
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2175765987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2175763762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417576414899
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)17576340
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO17576073
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2275763,757645674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1757631107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21757645800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217576317380
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)175763363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21757641898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217576439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21757603106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81757649056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2275761,7576361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1757631711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)275760,75763969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1757634894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1757632705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O275763,757651153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1757632473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS375761,75763,7576421482
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)275760,75763240
Tinzenite  (*)AxiniteCa2Mn2+4Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)217576024
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21757632562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]175761237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10275763,757641395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3275763,757641247



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