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Locality Name:
Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 283034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kobetsuzawa Mine (Obetsuzawa Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al As Au Cl Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAluniteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCorundumMarcasiteMeloniteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetradymite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Petzite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Poughite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rickardite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurantimony  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe174776489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1747762734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1747769052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217477627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1747761382
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)174776180
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe217477640
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17477624243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317477614640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te174776804
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2174776207
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2174776409
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6174776170
Poughite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)·3H2O17477612
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217477639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81747769056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217477661156
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe217477652
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21747765614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17477621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31747763418
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4174776337
Tellurantimony  (*)TetradymiteSb2Te317477629
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO217477652
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe174776190


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