Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Daisen, Akita, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 281727
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281727.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daisen, Akita, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hisaichi 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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Linarite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Veszelyite

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hidalgoite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Veszelyite ()*

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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Linarite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Veszelyite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	73848	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	73848	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	73848	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	73848	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	73848	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	73848	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	73848	2970
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	73848	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	73848	1689
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	1	73848	57
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	73848	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	73848	12537
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	73848	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	73848	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	73848	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	73848	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	73848	21482
Veszelyite ()*	Veszelyite	(Cu,Zn)₂Zn(PO₄)(OH)₃·2H₂O	1	73848	20

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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