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Locality Name:
Kushikino City, Kagoshima, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 224251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kushikino City, Kagoshima, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kushikino Mine (Mitsui-Kushikino Mine)

Latitude: 31°45'14"N
Longitude: 130°18'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.753888888889,130.3
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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperGyroliteKaoliniteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteXanthoconite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Altaite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gyrolite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1753672793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS17536787
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe175367489
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17536727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217536727198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe175367281
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1753672740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17536724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17536730554
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O175367142
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te175367804
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41753675591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1753671508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217536717380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se175367192
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2175367409
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]175367716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31753671425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217536739462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS317536784
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217536761156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O175367301
Silver  (*)CopperAg1753675186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17536721482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4175367586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31753673418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131753675317


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