Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nagano, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 31491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nagano, Japan": 89
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Chiisagata District
Chino City
Dainichi Mine
Goshodaira
Higashichikuma-gun
Hiraya Village
Kamiina District
Kanakura Mine
Kashio
Kinbu Mine
Kiso District
Kitaazumi District
Kiyotaki Mine
Kuryu Mine
Matsumoto City
Minamisaku District
Moraiyama
Mt Asama (Asama Volcano; Asamayama)
Nagano City
Nagawa-mura
Ohtaki Mine (Otaki)
Onohana
Otakigawa
Sano Mine
Shimoina District
Shinano
Soehi
Suwa-gun
Takayama
Togakushi
Tonoshiro
Ueda City

Latitude: 36°25'4"N
Longitude: 138°12'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.417777777778,138.20972222222

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite
Beryl	Braunite	Brookite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copper	Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Dachiardite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Humite	Ilvaite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Monazite
Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti V W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite
Beryl Braunite Brookite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Copper Corrensite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Dachiardite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Humite Ilvaite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Monazite
Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Tetradymite Topaz Tourmaline Tridymite Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zircon

110 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Braunite ()*	Brookite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Dachiardite-Ca ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dravite ()*	Dukeite ()*
Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Feitknechtite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Helvine ()*
Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Koninckite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganosite ()*	Marialite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monticellite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrochroite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rectorite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Ribbeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sonolite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strengite ()*
Suzukiite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tinticite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*	Tsumoite ()*
Uvarovite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Waylandite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zunyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	2	75798,75823	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	75798,75868,75869	8803
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	4	75798,75799,75801,75823	77
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	75802,75826	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	75788	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	75807,75827,75828	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	75835	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	75842	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	75806,75846	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	75789,75851	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	75791	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	75798,75799,75801	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	75847	85
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	75849	343
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	75810	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	75788,75828	1966
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	2	75798,75800	483
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	75826	700
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	75790	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	75799,75801,75822,75823,75828,75865,75867	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	75789,75823,75836	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	75788	3902
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	75810	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	75810	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	75855	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	75851	802
Dachiardite-Ca ()*	Dachiardite	Ca₂(Si₂₀Al₄)O₄₈·13H₂O	1	75842	13
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	75796	481
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	75788	648
Dukeite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂₄Cr⁶⁺₈O₅₇(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	75788	3
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	75834	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	75826	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	75783,75807,75828	8173
Feitknechtite ()*	None	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	75799,75801	19
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	75788,75836	73
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	75823	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	75810	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	75823,75826,75835,75836	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	6	75782,75784,75790,75836,75853,75862	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	75788,75828	30554
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	3	75807,75827,75828	209
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	3	75798,75799,75801	350
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	75807,75828	741
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	75789	104
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	75823	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	75798,75800,75836	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	75823	469
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	75831	197
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	75798,75799,75801	172
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	2	75813,75814	154
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	75790,75836	2228
Koninckite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·3H₂O	1	75790	19
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	2	75818,75820	234
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	75783	581
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	75827,75828	762
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	75863	80
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	75857	238
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	75792	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	75798,75801,75816	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	75826	12537
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	3	75798,75799,75801	73
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	2	75827,75828	139
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	75810	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	75788,75826	945
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	75816	153
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	75842	405
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	75838	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	75788,75789,75793,75826,75836	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	75842	1236
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	75798	186
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	75790	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	75837	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	75788,75789	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	75851	1512
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	75790	182
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1	75789	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	75783,75784,75818,75820,75823,75834,75835,75836,75855,75866	39462
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂	2	75799,75801	56
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	75798	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	75798	244
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	75782,75805,75834,75836	771
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	4	75799,75801,75815,75823	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	75789,75851	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	75788,75789,75793,75798,75799,75801,75816,75823,75826,75827,75828,75830,75834,75836,75855	61156
Rectorite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Na,Ca)Al₄(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	75847	49
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	6	75798,75799,75801,75818,75820,75823	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	6	75798,75799,75800,75801,75823,75844	969
Ribbeite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	75799	13
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	75782,75788,75836	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	75828	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	75793	2705
Sonolite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	2	75799,75801	50
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	6	75785,75798,75800,75815,75823,75844	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	75823,75835,75836	21482
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	75790	263
Suzukiite ()*	None	BaV⁴⁺Si₂O₇	1	75798	4
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	75788,75789	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	75788	276
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	5	75798,75799,75801,75815,75823	240
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	3	75788,75789,75828	510
Tinticite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·3H₂O	1	75790	19
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	75798	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	75795,75810,75836	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	75845	458
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	2	75788,75789	100
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	75792	212
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	75828	1395
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	75788	31
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	75788	939
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	3	75782,75834,75836	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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