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Locality Name:
Arakawa Mine, Kyohwa, Akita, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 2176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arakawa Mine, Kyohwa, Akita, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hatsuishi Deposit
Kanayamazawa Deposit

Latitude: 39°37'53"N
Longitude: 140°25'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.631388888889,140.41666666667
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteEpidoteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteVeszelyite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Veszelyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217388927198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17388824243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317388914640
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21738895674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2273888,7388939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2273888,7388961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17388821482
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O020


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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