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:
Yuzawa, Akita, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 224833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuzawa, Akita, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kawarage
Matsuoka Mine
Ogachi

Latitude: 39°8'59"N
Longitude: 140°26'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.149722222222,140.43333333333

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Inesite ()*
Opal ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	73970	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	73966	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	73970	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	73970	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	73970	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	73970	27198
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	1	73970	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	73967,73970	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	73970	30554
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	73970	50
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	73969	2994
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	73970	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	73970	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	73970	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	73970	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	73970	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	73967,73970	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	73970	586
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	73966	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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