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Locality Name:
Shisou City, Hyogo, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 228027
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228027.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shisou City, Hyogo, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ohmidani Mine (Omidani Mine)

Latitude: 35°14'45"N
Longitude: 134°38'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.245833333333,134.64694444444

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 As Au Cu Fe O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArgyroditeChalcopyriteCopperCubaniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StannoiditeTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1749302793
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S317493053
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41749305516
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS617493091
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217493027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17493024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17493030554
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS817493092
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217493039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217493061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1749305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17493021482
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1217493080
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131749301803



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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