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Locality Name:
Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 206864
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206864.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kimobetsu Mine
Koryu Mine (Kohryu Mine)
Suigin-yama

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAramayoiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteJalpaiteNone
PolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Aramayoite  (*)Baumstarkite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mckinstryite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1746782793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS17467887
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S617467829
Baumstarkite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb3S61746786
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17467827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217467827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1746792600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21746789617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17467824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17467830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317467814640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te174678804
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2174678116
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O617467873
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417467814899
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S417467851
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2174678300
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]174678249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]174678716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3174678733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31746781425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217467839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217467861156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1746771153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17467821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131746785317
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O174678652


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