Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Minamisaku District, Nagano, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 185878
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185878.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minamisaku District, Nagano, Japan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kawakami-mura
Kitaaiki Village
Sakuho

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Amphibole	Arsenic	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Garnet	Ilvaite	Löllingite	Malachite	Mica	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Tetradymite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite

Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Topaz ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Arsenic Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Enargite Epidote Garnet Ilvaite Löllingite Malachite Mica Monazite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite
Sphalerite Tetradymite Topaz Vesuvianite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	75826	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	75827,75828	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	75835	2734
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	75828	1966
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	75826	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	75828	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	75836	27198
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	75834	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	75826	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	75828	8173
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	75836	73
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	75826,75835,75836	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	75836	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	75828	30554
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	75827,75828	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	75828	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	75836	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	75831	197
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	75836	2228
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	75827,75828	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	75826	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	2	75827,75828	139
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	75826	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	75826,75836	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	75834,75835,75836	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	75834,75836	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	75826,75827,75828,75830,75834,75836	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	75836	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	75828	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	75835,75836	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	75828	510
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	75836	1476
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	75828	1395
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	2	75834,75836	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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