Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ikadazu, Niihama City, Ehime, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 259466
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259466.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ikadazu, Niihama City, Ehime, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ikadazu Mine (Ikadatsu Mine)
Piemontite Exposure

Latitude: 33°49'58"N
Longitude: 133°22'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.832777777778,133.38305555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Epidote	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

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 Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Epidote Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	74105	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	74105	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	74105	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	74106	17380
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	74106	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	74105	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	74105,74106	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	74105	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	74105	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	74105	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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