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Locality Name:
Chiran-cho, Minamikyushu City, Kagoshima, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 219426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chiran-cho, Minamikyushu City, Kagoshima, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Akeshi Mine

Latitude: 31°18'35"N
Longitude: 130°22'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.309722222222,130.37888888889
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 Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteClayCopperCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteKaoliniteNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideritePyriteQuartzSphaleriteStanniteSulphurWurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6175374966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17537411547
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1753744165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4175374651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4175374910
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1753747437
Gold  (*)CopperAu17537430554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1753741689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41753745591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4175374198
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20238
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O175374428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217537439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217537461156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1753741153
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1753742045


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