Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saru-gun, Hidaka Subrefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 24799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saru-gun, Hidaka Subrefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Biratori
Chisaka Deposit
Tanukiiwa
Usappu Mine

Latitude: 42°44'32"N
Longitude: 142°20'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.742222222222,142.33361111111

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Zircon

Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Glaucophane ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Rutile ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Garnet Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyroxene Rutile Serpentine Spinel Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	74650	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	74646	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	74651	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	74650	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5	74644,74645,74647,74649,74650	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	74644,74645,74650	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	74651	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	74651	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	74646	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	74646	286
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	74646	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	74646	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	74646,74651	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	74651	12537
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	74651	1512
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	74646	5614
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	4	74644,74645,74647,74650	212
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	74646	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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