Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sea Of Japan, Pacific Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 208353
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208353.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sea Of Japan, Pacific Ocean": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alpatov Rise
Belyaevsky Rise
Galagan Rise
Honshu Island Borderland
Medvedev Seamount
North Yamato Rise
Okushiri Ridge
South Yamato Rise

Latitude: 40°40'48"N
Longitude: 136°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.68,136

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corrensite	Epidote
Feldspar	Iron	Mica	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromium ()*
Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Halite ()*
Hydrobiotite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickel ()*
Opal ()*	Palladium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Titanium ()*	Tungsten ()*
Zinc ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Fe H K Ni O Pt S Si W Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corrensite Epidote
Feldspar Iron Mica None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	95245	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	95245	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	95239,95240	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	95244,95245,95246,95247	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	95241	214
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95244	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	95239,95245	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	95240	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	95239,95240,95245,95248	27198
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	2	95240,95245	26
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	95240,95245	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	95240,95245	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	95240,95241,95245	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	95240,95241	1398
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	95245	49
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	4	95239,95240,95245,95248	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	95240,95245,95248	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	1	95240	57
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	95243	2994
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	1	95241	59
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	0		485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	95239,95240,95243,95245,95247	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	95240,95243	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	95240	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	95240,95245	4894
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	95245	374
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	95239,95240,95241,95245,95248	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	95240	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	95240	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	95241	668
Titanium ()*	None	Ti	2	95240,95245	8
Tungsten ()*	Iron	W	0		23
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	3	95239,95240,95245	52
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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