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Locality Name:
Ikeda City, Osaka, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 218256
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218256.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ikeda City, Osaka, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hatano Mine

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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteIlvaiteNickelineNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1762299052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17622927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21762295171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217622927198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1762298173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17622924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1762297437
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6176229741
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)176229197
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217622939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81762299056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217622961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1762294894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17622921482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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