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Locality Name:
Kanose, Aga-machi (Higashi-Kanbara-gun), Niigata, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 227718
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227718.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kanose, Aga-machi (Higashi-Kanbara-gun), Niigata, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hideya Mine
Kanose Mine
Kusakura Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumGarnetIlvaiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2275938,759403419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31759381534
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17594011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41759405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17594027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1759405707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2275939,7594027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu275939,759403846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O275939,759402970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17594024243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6175940741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317593814640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)275938,75940197
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217594039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2375938,75939,7594061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17594021482


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