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Locality Name:
Kawakami-mura, Minamisaku District, Nagano, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 241813
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241813.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kawakami-mura, Minamisaku District, Nagano, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ikura (Igura)
Kawahage (Azusa Mine)
Kobushi Mine (Koubushi 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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Te Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicBrookiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGarnetLöllingite
MalachiteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScapoliteScheelite
TetradymiteVesuvianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marialite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21758262162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3275827,758281534
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1758281966
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2175826700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17582827770
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6175826944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1758288173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17582624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17582830554
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2275827,75828209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6175828741
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2275827,75828762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217582612537
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl275827,75828139
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)175826945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217582617380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2375826,75827,7582861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1758284894
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S175828510
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101758281395



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