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Locality Name:
Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 14683
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14683.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Hontaki Mine
Jozankei
Minami-ku
Nishi-ku
Shin-Ohtoyo Deposit
Teine Mine

Latitude: 42°58'46"N
Longitude: 141°2'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.979444444444,141.04055555556

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 Cl Cu Fe H Hg In K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAluniteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenolampriteArsenopyriteBaryteBerthierite
BournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDevilline
DiasporeEnargiteGermaniteGypsumKaoliniteKieseriteKoritnigiteLöllingiteLillianiteLindackerite
MalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPavonite
PolybasitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoidite
StibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

122 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berndtite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Colusite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cupropavonite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Fischesserite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geigerite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hakite-(Hg)  (*)Hematite  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hocartite  (*)Hodrušite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kalgoorlieite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Koritnigite  (*)Krautite  (*)Laforêtite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Melonite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Paratellurite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pirquitasite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Poubaite  (*)Poughite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodostannite  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)
Rickardite  (*)Roquesite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sakuraiite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibiocolusite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Szmikite  (*)
Teallite  (*)Teineite  (*)Tellurantimony  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Toyohaite  (*)
Watanabeite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1747742793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3174777315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS174778312
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe274776,74778489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6174774966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1747762734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21747743092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4174778246
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs274774,74778379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS274774,747769052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21747785509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)274777,7477811547
Berndtite  (*)MeloniteSnS217477411
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4174774343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi274774,747781966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3274777,747781935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41747785516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3274777,747781089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)274774,7477827770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS617477491
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21747745171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1747784979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O174778925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1747785707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2374774,74776,7477827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1747761382
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe174778281
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe174778169
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S16174777110
Copper  (*)CopperCu1747783846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1747784165
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S517477818
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O174778366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4174774651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21747749895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)174776180
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O17477834
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2274777,74778246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4274777,74778910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4274777,74778163
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe217477824
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12274774,74778663
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S1817477743
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe217477640
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS474774,74776,74777,7477824243
Geigerite  (*)LindackeriteMn2+5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·10H2O1747787
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)274771,747787437
Gold  (*)CopperAu274774,7477830554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13274777,7477872
Graphite  (*)NoneC1747742812
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6174774113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1747786890
Hakite-(Hg)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Hg2)Sb4Se1317477812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3374774,74776,7477814640
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS17477435
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te274776,74778804
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS417477431
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S2217477828
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14174774784
Kalgoorlieite  (*)NoneAs2Te31747782
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4274774,747775591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS417477482
Koritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteZn(AsO3OH)·H2O1747788
Krautite  (*)KoritnigiteMn(AsO3OH)·H2O1747787
Laforêtite  (*)ChalcopyriteAgInS21747743
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2174774762
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4274777,74778198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417477414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217477812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2274774,747785674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2174774252
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS817477792
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2174776207
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2174774300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217477417380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se174778192
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3274772,74778511
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO217477820
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2274776,74778409
Pirquitasite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2ZnSnS41747746
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6174776170
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]274774,74778716
Poubaite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2(Se,Te,S)41747786
Poughite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)·3H2O274776,7477812
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3174778733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3274774,747781425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2474774,74776,74777,7477839462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2174774771
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3174774147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8274774,747769056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2574772,74774,74776,74777,7477861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS274772,74778712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)274774,747781711
Rhodostannite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Fe2+0.5Sn4+1.5)S417477410
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O17477857
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe2274776,7477852
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS2274774,7477846
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2274774,747765614
Sakuraiite  (*)Stannite Sphalerite(Cu,Zn,Fe)3(In,Sn)S417477410
Silver  (*)CopperAg274774,747785186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS374774,74776,7477821482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4174774668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1217477780
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4174774586
Stibiocolusite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13V(Sb,Sn,As)3S161747774
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3374774,74776,747783418
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)17477892
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1747772045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4374776,74778,74779337
Szmikite  (*)KieseriteMn(SO4)·H2O17477414
Teallite  (*)ArsenolampritePbSnS217477433
Teineite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)·2H2O274778,7477914
Tellurantimony  (*)TetradymiteSb2Te317477629
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2374776,74778,7477952
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe374776,74778,74779190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3174778276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13274774,747781803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S174778510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13474774,74777,74778,747795317
Toyohaite  (*)SpinelAg1+(Fe2+0.5Sn4+1.5)S41747743
Watanabeite  (*)NoneCu4(As,Sb)2S51747787
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS174774372



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