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Locality Name:
Tayama, Iwate, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 282192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tayama, Iwate, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hanawa Mine

Latitude: 40°10'34"N
Longitude: 140°52'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.176111111111,140.86666666667

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: Ba Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteGypsumNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fukuchilite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1752861588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17528611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41752865516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217528627198
Fukuchilite  (*)PyriteCu3FeS81752866
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17528624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1752866890
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217528639462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17528621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131752865317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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