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:
Chino City, Nagano, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 188191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chino City, Nagano, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Eimyosan
Kinkei Mine
Mukaidani Mine
Suwa Mine
Tateshinayama

Latitude: 36°56'15"N
Longitude: 138°9'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.9375,138.15972222222

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	Amorphous	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Mica
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Talc
Tetradymite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dukeite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Koninckite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Pilsenite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Strengite ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tinticite ()*	Tsumoite ()*
Waylandite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 B Bi Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Te Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Mica
Monazite Nickeline None Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Talc
Tetradymite Tourmaline Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	75788	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	75789	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	75791	2060
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	75788	1966
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	75790	280
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	75789	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	75788	3902
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	75788	648
Dukeite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂₄Cr⁶⁺₈O₅₇(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	75788	3
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	75788	73
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	75790	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	75788	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	75789	104
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	75790	2228
Koninckite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·3H₂O	1	75790	19
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	75788	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	75788,75789	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	75790	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	75788,75789	767
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	75790	182
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1	75789	57
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	75789	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	75788,75789	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	75788	5614
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	75790	263
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	75788,75789	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	75788	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	2	75788,75789	510
Tinticite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·3H₂O	1	75790	19
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	2	75788,75789	100
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	75788	31
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	75788	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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