Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yonezawa City, Yamagata, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 218534
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218534.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yonezawa City, Yamagata, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Itaya Deposit (Itaya Mine)
Namegawa Mine
Toge Mine
Yatani Mine

Latitude: 37°46'19"N
Longitude: 140°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.771944444444,140.25

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoptilolite-K ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Heulandite Kaolinite Marcasite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	76825	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	76825	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	76825	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	76825	27198
Clinoptilolite-K ()*	Heulandite	K₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	76822	13
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	76825	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	76823,76824	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	76825	30554
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	1	76825	73
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	76822	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	76825	234
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	76825	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	76822,76825	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	76825,76826	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	76825	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	76822,76825	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	76825	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	76825	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	76825	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	76825,76826	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	76825	668

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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