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:
Naka-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 188114
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188114.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Naka-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Funauchi Mine
Nishimeya-mura

Latitude: 40°29'30"N
Longitude: 140°18'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.491666666667,140.31361111111

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Buserite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	74011	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	74008	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	74010	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	74010	5516
Buserite ()*	None	Na₄Mn₁₄O₂₇·21H₂O (?)	1	74010	10
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	74010	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	74008,74010	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	74008,74010	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	74010	1066
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	74010	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	74008,74010	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	74010	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	74008,74010,74011	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	74010	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	74008,74010	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	74010	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070067	Oppu Mine, Nishimeya-mura, Naka-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori, Japan	https://rruff.info/R070067

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