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Locality Name:
Seta, Midori City, Gunma, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 290797
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290797.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seta, Midori City, Gunma, Japan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hagidaira Mine
Hanawa Mine
Konakayama Mine
Obata Mine
Rito Mine (Ritoh Mine)

Latitude: 36°34'22"N
Longitude: 139°20'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.572777777778,139.34222222222
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: Al As B Ba Bi C Cl Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBerthieriteCalciteClayColumbiteCorundumGarnetHumiteNickeline
NoneOlivinePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetradymite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Alleghanyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Galaxite  (*)Graţianite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Jimboite  (*)Joséite-A  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Manganosite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Sonolite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Wiserite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS474557,74558,74559,74561312
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2374558,74561,7456277
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17456111547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8174558173
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5174557344
Galaxite  (*)SpinelMn2+Al2O4274558,7456143
Graţianite  (*)BerthieriteMnBi2S41745572
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4274557,74561350
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3174557104
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)174557469
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4274561,74562172
Jimboite  (*)NoneMn2+3(BO3)21745613
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS217455750
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S17455786
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO274557,7456173
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs174557633
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217455939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21745573106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3374557,74561,74562244
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3274558,74562147
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217455761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)574557,74558,74560,74561,745621711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)474557,74558,74559,74561969
Sonolite  (*)HumiteMn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)2374560,74561,7456250
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3474557,74558,74561,745621214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS274557,7455921482
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)374557,74558,74561240
Wiserite  (*)NoneMn2+14(B2O5)4(OH)8·(Si,Mg)(O,OH)4Cl17456115
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)174557251


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