Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Yurihonjō, Akita, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 303286
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303286.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yurihonjō, Akita, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chokai

Latitude: 39°6'5"N
Longitude: 140°3'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.101388888889,140.05166666667

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	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Au C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Diaspore Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	73962	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	73962	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	73963,73964	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	73962	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	73962	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	73962	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	73962	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	73962	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	73962	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	73962	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	73962	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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