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Locality Name:
Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 158804
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158804.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kawara
Kawasaki

Latitude: 33°42'0"N
Longitude: 130°50'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.7,130.84972222222
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 B Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te U W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBerthieriteBerylCalciteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetGypsumMalachiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNonePhosphuranylite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTourmaline
VesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aleksite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Diopside  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eulytine  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Petzite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sekaninaite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Volynskite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21742673419
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S217426728
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31742712353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51742711310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3374267,74268,742691534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1742699052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1742711272
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4274267,74268343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi374267,74269,742711966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3374267,74269,742711935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41742695516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)274267,7426927770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O174267925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217426727198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31742711797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6274267,742684135
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2174269246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)274267,742698173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)317426772
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)174267551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17426924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu274267,7426930554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31742691544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1742676890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6274267,74269741
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te174269804
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4174267229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4274267,7426914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217426712537
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2174269207
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2274267,742695800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)174271945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217427117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1742672994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1742672349
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2174269409
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O174271182
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4174269131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217426939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81742699056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2374267,74269,7427161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)274267,742694894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1742712705
Sekaninaite  (*)BerylFe2+2Al4Si5O1817427135
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4174269249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17426921482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S274267,74269510
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1742711059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21742712718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101742691395
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe217426964
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3174269297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31742691247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)174271939


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