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Locality Name:
Toyooka City, Hyogo, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 301083
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301083.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Toyooka City, Hyogo, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kinosaki Hot Springs
Takeno Mine

Latitude: 35°36'38"N
Longitude: 134°44'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.610555555556,134.73555555556

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Altaite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1749402793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS17494087
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe174940489
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17494027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217494027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17494024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17494030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te174940804
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se174940192
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2174940409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217494039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217494061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1749405186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17494021482
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe174940190



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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