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:
Kushimoto, Higashimuro District, Wakayama, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 262981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kushimoto, Higashimuro District, Wakayama, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Koza River Alluvials (Kozagawa)
Tako Coast
Tanami

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.

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

Albite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrosilite ()*
Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	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 Ca 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:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Marcasite Mica None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

15 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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	76769,76770	27198
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	76768	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	76768	8173
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	1	76769	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	76768	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	76769	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	76768,76769	61156
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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