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:
Kuriyamamura, Nikko City, Tochigi, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 278098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuriyamamura, Nikko City, Tochigi, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nishizawa 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.

Acanthite	Argyrodite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Matildite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Roquesite ()*	Smithite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

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 As Au Bi Cu Fe Ge H In Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Argyrodite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Diaspore None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	76571	2793
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1	76571	62
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	1	76571	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	76571	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	76571	27198
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	76571	551
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	76571	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	76571	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	76571	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	76571	30554
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	76571	469
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	76571	252
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	76571	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	76571	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	76571	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	76571	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	76571	712
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	1	76571	46
Smithite ()*	None	AgAsS₂	1	76571	11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	76571	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	76571	5317
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	1	76571	89

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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