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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

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum
Germanite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 ()*

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:
Alunite Apatite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Copper Corundum
Germanite Gypsum Halotrichite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	132
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	110
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	151
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	41
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	64
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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