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Locality Name:
Kawabe District, Hyogo, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 185883
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185883.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kawabe District, Hyogo, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Inagawa-cho

Latitude: 34°53'35"N
Longitude: 135°21'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.893055555556,135.35777777778

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCovelliteDevillineDigeniteFluoriteLinariteMalachiteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStannoiditeTetrahedrite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Digenite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Langite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Troilite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1748962793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1748962734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6174896919
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4274895,748965516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61748961633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17489627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6174896359
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21748965171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1748964979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1748965707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217489627198
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6174895151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1748964165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1748962970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O174896366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1748961027
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21748969617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17489624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17489630554
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O174896593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2174896265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2374894,74896,74897987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217489412537
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS817489692
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217489617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217489639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1748961725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81748969056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2374894,74895,7489661156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O174896292
Silver  (*)CopperAg1748965186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17489621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4174896668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1217489680
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS174896332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131748961803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131748965317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1748951059
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1748961044
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41748951655



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