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Locality Name:
Kiura Mine (Shin-Kiura Mine; Kiura Emery Mine), Saiki City, Oita, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 19825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kiura Mine (Shin-Kiura Mine; Kiura Emery Mine), Saiki City, Oita, Japan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Datsugatao Adit
Hijiritani Adit (Hijiridani)
Kaneko Pit
Kannondaki Adit
Uriya Deposit
Wandou Adit

Latitude: 32°47'58"N
Longitude: 131°32'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.799444444444,131.54944444444

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: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteCalcite
CarminiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFairfielditeFluoriteGarnetGypsum
HydrotalciteLöllingiteLindackeriteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelSymplesiteTalcTetradymite
TourmalineTyroliteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastonite

66 IMA Minerals at location:
Adachiite  (*)Allophane  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bendadaite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Cornubite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)Duftite  (*)
Ferrarisite  (*)Ferrisymplesite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Guérinite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Hydrocalumite  (*)Karibibite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Ludlockite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Margarite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phaunouxite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scarbroite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schneiderhöhnite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Symplesite  (*)Talc  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wallkilldellite-(Fe)  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Yukonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adachiite  (*)TourmalineCaFe2+3Al6(Si5AlO18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)01
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1760663250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O276062,76066194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1760669052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6176067919
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2176065172
Bendadaite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O17606610
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6176065413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1760661966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17606627770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2176065178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21760665171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)276064,76066363
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40109
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61760664135
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)176065220
Ferrarisite  (*)LindackeriteCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O0017606611
Ferrisymplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O17606621
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21760669617
Gold  (*)CopperAu17606630554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31760661544
Guérinite  (*)NoneCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O17606631
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3176064104
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1760671689
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O030
Karibibite  (*)NoneFe3+3(As3+O2)4(As3+2O5)(OH)276062,7606619
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2276064,76066762
Ludlockite  (*)NonePbFe3+4As3+10O22015
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217606712537
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)20168
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S240158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1760651107
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O276062,76066124
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O176066105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O276065,76066428
Phaunouxite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·11H2O17606614
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O276062,7606699
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1760651725
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3176063244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2276062,7606661156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)176063969
Scarbroite  (*)NoneAl5(CO3)(OH)13·5H2O09
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1760664894
Schneiderhöhnite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+3As3+5O13015
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O276062,760661153
Silver  (*)CopperAg1760655186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17606621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O17606692
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O17606646
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te30276
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O276062,76064245
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101760661395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wallkilldellite-(Fe)  (*)NoneCa2Fe2+3(AsO4)2(OH)4·9H2O1760666
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3276064,760661247
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O17606629



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