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Locality Name:
Urayama, Chichibu City, Saitama, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 276679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Urayama, Chichibu City, Saitama, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hirogawara Mine (Hirogawarasawa)

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: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteGypsumNoneOlivinePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelSulphurWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Gageite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)
Kellyite  (*)Manganosite  (*)Metaswitzerite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rambergite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Switzerite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Wiserite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS176300312
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17630011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17630027770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)417630083
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217630027198
Gageite  (*)NoneMn2+21Si8O27(OH)2017630014
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1763006890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4176300350
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)176300469
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4176300172
Kellyite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Mn2+,Mg,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)417630011
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO17630073
Metaswitzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O17630022
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)176300186
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217630039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217630061156
Rambergite  (*)WurtziteMnS1763006
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1763001711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17630021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1763002045
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O17630021
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)176300240
Wiserite  (*)NoneMn2+14(B2O5)4(OH)8·(Si,Mg)(O,OH)4Cl17630015



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