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Locality Name:
Akagane Mine, Esashi Ward, Oshu City, Iwate, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 2193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2193.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Akagane Mine, Esashi Ward, Oshu City, Iwate, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jishakuyama Orebody

Latitude: 39°10'0"N
Longitude: 141°20'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.166666666667,141.33333333333

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 B Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteAxiniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CoronaditeCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetKaoliniteKobelliteLepidocrociteMelanterite
MeliliteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
ScapoliteScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteStibniteTetradymiteTitaniteVesuvianite
WollastoniteWöhlerite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Akaganeite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Baghdadite  (*)
Bicchulite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Böhmite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cannonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clintonite  (*)
Dellaite  (*)Diopside  (*)Eclarite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Foshagite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greigite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)
Joséite-A  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marialite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spurrite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tilleyite  (*)Titanite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O063
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)20260
Baghdadite  (*)WöhleriteCa6Zr2(Si2O7)2O408
Bicchulite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteCa2Al2SiO6(OH)206
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3175226214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1752261966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31752261935
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)0195
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cannonite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)(OH)217522626
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217522627198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2086
Dellaite  (*)NoneCa6(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)205
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S2817522618
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)20129
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)2019
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O40445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17522624243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70114
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4062
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O0144
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S317522654
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS217522650
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S17522686
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl0139
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81752269056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217522661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)054
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tilleyite  (*)NoneCa5Si2O7(CO3)2019
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS01044
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247



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