Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Miyama-cho, Yamagata City, Gifu, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 262660
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262660.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miyama-cho, Yamagata City, Gifu, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aido Mine
Kakino Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

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: As C Ca Cd Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Wurtzite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	74521	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	74521	27770
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	74521	717
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	74522	741
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	74521	1689
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	74521	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	74522	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	74521	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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