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:
Kitaakita City, Akita, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 227931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kitaakita City, Akita, Japan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ani-machi

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Digenite	Malachite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Anilite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Coronadite Digenite Malachite
None Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	73866	88
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	73866	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	73866	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	73866,73872	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	73866	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	73866,73872	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	73872	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	73866	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	73866	3846
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	73866	599
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	73866	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	73866	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	73866,73872	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	73866	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	73866,73872	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	73866	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	73866,73872	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	1	73866	88
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	73866,73872	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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