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Locality Name:
Hirao Mine, Onsen-cho, Mino (Minoh), Osaka, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 27719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hirao Mine, Onsen-cho, Mino (Minoh), Osaka, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°49'59"N
Longitude: 135°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.833055555556,135.46666666667
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: C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteDevillineGypsumKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Minohlite  (*)Osakaite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ramsbeckite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O075
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Minohlite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·8H2O05
Osakaite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·5H2O09
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O068
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O0142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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