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Locality Name:
Sakuho, Minamisaku District, Nagano, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 241814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sakuho, Minamisaku District, Nagano, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kaize-mura
Ohinata Mine (Ouhinata Mine)
Yoji Mine (Yochi 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 Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeEnargiteMicaNonePyrite
PyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTopazWurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Enargite  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1758352734
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217583627198
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4175834910
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)617583673
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS275835,7583624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1758367437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317583614640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61758362228
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217583617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2375834,75835,7583639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2275834,75836771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2275834,7583661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21758365614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS275835,7583621482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21758361476
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl275834,7583686


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