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Locality Name:
Mikawa-mura, Aga-machi (Higashi-Kanbara-gun), Niigata, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 191270
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191270.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mikawa-mura, Aga-machi (Higashi-Kanbara-gun), Niigata, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Igashima Mine
Nakanosawa Mine
Otani Mine

Latitude: 37°46'34"N
Longitude: 139°27'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.776111111111,139.45527777778
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: Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBismutiteChalcopyriteClayCorrensiteCovelliteFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tosudite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21759455509
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3175944214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1759441966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31759441935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)175944716
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1759455707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217594527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1759454165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21759439617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17594524243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217594512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217594539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2275944,7594561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17594521482
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O17594336


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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