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Locality Name:
Nakauri Mine, Shinshiro City, Aichi, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 2191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nakauri Mine, Shinshiro City, Aichi, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°50'57"N
Longitude: 137°33'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.849166666667,137.55194444444

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 C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteArtiniteBrochantiteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CovelliteDigeniteHydrotalciteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyroxeneSerpentine
SphaleriteSpinel

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brucite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Coalingite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Gaspéite  (*)
Glaukosphaerite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Jamborite  (*)
Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)Nakauriite  (*)
Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O075
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Coalingite  (*)HydrotalciteMg10Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)24·2H2O027
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S8082
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S160300
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O050
Gaspéite  (*)CalciteNi(CO3)022
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)2025
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S20205
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4087
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]032
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O40311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)2034
Nakauriite  (*)NoneCu8(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6·48H2O012
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O089
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060976Nakauri Mine, Shinshiro City, Aichi, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060976


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