Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kitami, Hokkaidō, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 224841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kitami, Hokkaidō, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Inaushi Mine
Kitanoo Mine
Rishiri Island

Latitude: 44°22'41"N
Longitude: 142°43'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.378055555556,142.72166666667

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Cubanite	Enargite	Kaolinite	Milarite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cubanite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Au Bi Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Cubanite Enargite Kaolinite Milarite Nickeline None
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Wurtzite

14 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	74708	2793
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	74707	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	74707	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	74708	2600
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	74707	802
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	74707	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	74707	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	74708	30554
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	74707	144
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	74708	14899
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	74709	42
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	74707,74708	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	74707	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	74707	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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