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Locality Name:
Shitouyouze, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 260331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shitouyouze, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sampo 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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApophylliteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundum
DiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumIlvaiteLöllingiteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePavonitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilpnomelaneTetrahedrite
TitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWöhlerite

65 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Annite  (*)
Annivite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinoferrosilite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Digenite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrobustamite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Malayaite  (*)Manganbabingtonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pavonite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zeophyllite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21761473419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1761478803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31761472353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31761471534
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2176147356
Annivite  (*)TetrahedriteCu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2](Bi,Sb,As)4S131761477
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1761471036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1761479052
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)176147161
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1761471966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31761471935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41761475516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17614727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21761475171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217614727198
Clinoferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O617614718
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1761471025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS176147966
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F417614767
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1761471027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1761478173
Ferrobustamite  (*)WollastoniteCaFe2+Si2O617614722
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O617614784
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O176147303
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)ApophylliteNaCa4Si8O20F·8H2O17614710
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21761479617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17614724243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS176147131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1761477437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31761471544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1761476890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2176147209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6176147741
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4176147407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31761475433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)176147197
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O617614773
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2176147762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417614714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217614712537
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)17614740
Manganbabingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Mn2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1761476
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21761475674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1761471508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217614717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1761472349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS176147767
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S517614772
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21761472273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21761471898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217614739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81761479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217614761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1761474894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1761472473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17614721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4176147668
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O176147456
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131761471803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1761474899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101761471395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3176147297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31761471247
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2176147109
Zeophyllite  (*)NoneCa13Si10O28(OH)2F8·6H2O17614718



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