Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rikuzentakata City, Iwate, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 222857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rikuzentakata City, Iwate, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Kesen Meteorite
Taishi Mine
Takata Mine
Tamayama Mine (Tamayama-kinzan; Tama-kinzan)
Yukisawa Mine

Latitude: 38°58'59"N
Longitude: 141°37'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.983055555556,141.61666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Iron	Mica	Nickeline	None	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe H K Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Iron Mica Nickeline None Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	75233	9052
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	75232	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	75232	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	75234	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	75235,75236	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	75232	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	75232	1089
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	75235	17380
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	75233	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	75233,75235,75236	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	75232	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	75234	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	75232	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	75232	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	75232	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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