Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Soma District, Fukushima, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 280048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Soma District, Fukushima, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Takanokura Mine

Latitude: 37°37'32"N
Longitude: 140°49'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.625555555556,140.82222222222

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	Diaspore	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Sphalerite
Spinel

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: Bi C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Diaspore Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Sphalerite
Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismutoferrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	74368	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	74368	5509
Bismutoferrite ()*	Kaolinite	Fe³⁺₂Bi(SiO₄)₂(OH)	1	74368	51
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	74368	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	74368	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	74368	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	74368	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	74368	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	74368	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	74368	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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