Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mimasaka City, Okayama, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 295429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mimasaka City, Okayama, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Miyahara

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stannoidite	Tetrahedrite

Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Covellite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Nukundamite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roquesite ()*	Siderite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Ca Cu F Fe In O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Fluorite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stannoidite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	76109	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	76109	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	76109	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	76109	281
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	76109	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	76109	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	76109	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	76109	14640
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	1	76109	92
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	76109	192
Nukundamite ()*	None	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6S₄	1	76109	16
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	76109	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	76109	61156
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	1	76109	46
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	76109	6417
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	76109	668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1	76109	80
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	76109	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	76109	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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