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Locality Name:
Osarizawa Mine, Kazuno City, Akita, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 17459
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17459.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Osarizawa Mine, Kazuno City, Akita, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°10'59"N
Longitude: 140°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.183055555556,140.75

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCopperCorundum
GermaniteGypsumHalotrichiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Colusite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)60132
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S160110
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60151
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S160300
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O041
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6064
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372



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