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Locality Name:
Katashina, Gunma, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 218086
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218086.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katashina, Gunma, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kurumazawa
Kurumazawa Gabbro Quarry
Nebazawa Mine

Latitude: 36°52'15"N
Longitude: 139°19'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.870833333333,139.32222222222
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 Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteCarminiteChalcopyriteCopper
DiasporeDmisteinbergiteNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Carminite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Dmisteinbergite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Manganite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Segnitite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Wairakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S274542,745442793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)174542254
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb174542363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1745429052
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2174542172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6274542,74543413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41745425516
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2174542178
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2274542,7454427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1745421382
Dmisteinbergite  (*)DmisteinbergiteCa(Al2Si2O8)1745434
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12174542663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17454224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1745427437
Gold  (*)CopperAu17454430554
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)174542770
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2174542300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1745421107
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)617454251
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]174544716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2274542,7454439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21745423106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1745421725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217454261156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1745421153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6174542134
Silver  (*)CopperAg1745425186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS274542,7454421482
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O174542433
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O17454373


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130087Katashina, Gunma, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R130087
R061075Katashina, Gunma, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R061075

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