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Locality Name:
Usu-zan, Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 23737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Usu-zan, Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Showa-shinzan Volcano (Usu-shinzan)

Latitude: 42°32'32"N
Longitude: 140°51'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.542222222222,140.86388888889
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: Al B Ba Bi Ca Cd Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb Re S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg Na O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AphthitaliteArcaniteBaryteCopiapiteCorundumCristobaliteGypsumHalotrichiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteStibniteTamarugiteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)Arcanite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Carobbiite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Galeite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rheniite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sassolite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Thénardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6174672966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1746721588
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)217467277
Arcanite  (*)ArcaniteK2(SO4)17467230
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17467211547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31746721935
Carobbiite  (*)RocksaltKF1746723
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O174672382
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2174672453
Galeite  (*)NoneNa15(SO4)5ClF41746723
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17467224243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS174672717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1746726890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1746721398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317467214640
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)17467256
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)174672494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217467239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217467261156
Rheniite  (*)NoneReS21746728
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21746725614
Sassolite  (*)NoneB(OH)317467231
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O087
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe174672190
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)174672299


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