Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Higashimuro District, Wakayama, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 253119
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253119.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Higashimuro District, Wakayama, Japan": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kitayama-mura
Kushimoto
Nachikatsuura-cho
Taiji-cho

Latitude: 33°39'15"N
Longitude: 135°49'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.654166666667,135.81888888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Marcasite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vivianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erythrite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*
Sideronatrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 As Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum Digenite Epidote Feldspar Marcasite
Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Vivianite Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	76768	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	76766	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	76772	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	76772	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	76769,76770,76772	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	76766	966
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	76772	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	76772	300
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	76768	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	76768	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	76766	814
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	1	76768	84
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	76770	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	76768	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	76768	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	76769,76772	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	76768	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	76769,76772	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	76766,76768,76769	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	76773	598
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	1	76769	73
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	76770	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	76768	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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