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Locality Name:
Onsen-cho, Mino (Minoh), Osaka, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 185891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Onsen-cho, Mino (Minoh), Osaka, Japan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Atago Mine
Gein Mine
Hakushima Mine
Hatano Mine
Hirao Mine
Ikeda Mine
Nyoidani Mine
Osugahara Mine
Taihei Mine

Latitude: 34°49'59"N
Longitude: 135°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.833055555556,135.46666666667
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: C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteDevillineGypsumKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Minohlite  (*)Osakaite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ramsbeckite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21762392162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1762393250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6176239919
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)417623979
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61762391633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17623927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217623927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17623924243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS176239717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1762396890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1762391689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61762391066
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O17623975
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2176239987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217623912537
Minohlite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·8H2O1762395
Osakaite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·5H2O1762399
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O176239309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217623939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217623961156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O17623968
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O176239142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O176239292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1762392473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17623921482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41762391655


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