Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kitami City, Okhotsk Subprefecture (Abashiri Province), Hokkaidō, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 279588
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279588.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kitami City, Okhotsk Subprefecture (Abashiri Province), Hokkaidō, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kokuriki Mine
Niko Mine
Oketo Mine

Latitude: 43°58'0"N
Longitude: 143°56'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.966666666667,143.93333333333

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	None
Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Inesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Neotocite ()*	Okhotskite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Piemontite-(Sr) ()*
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O P S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote None
Pumpellyite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	74731	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	74730	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	74730	173
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	74730,74731	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	74730	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	74731,74732	2600
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	74730	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	74730	14640
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	74730	50
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	74730	14899
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	2	74731,74732	255
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	74730	186
Okhotskite ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	74730	5
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	74730	260
Piemontite-(Sr) ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	CaSr(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	74730	12
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	74730	15
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	74730	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	74730	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	74730,74731	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	74730	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	74730	969

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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