Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Nishiaizu-machi, Fukushima, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 188113
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188113.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nishiaizu-machi, Fukushima, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Akabane Mine
Donsuiwa Mine
Kuratani Mine

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Marcasite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Alabandite ()*	Bementite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Manganosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tephroite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Marcasite None Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	74365	312
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	74365	173
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	74363,74364	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	74365	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	74363	24243
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	74365	350
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	1	74365	73
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	74363	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	74363	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	74363,74364	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	74365	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	74365	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	74363,74364,74365	21482
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	74365	240

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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