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Locality Name:
Monbetsu (Mombetsu), Hidaka Subrefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 33273
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33273.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monbetsu (Mombetsu), Hidaka Subrefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Hokuryu Mine
Konomai Mines (Kohnomai Mine)
Numanoue Mine
Ryushoden Mine
Shirataki
Unnamed Basalt Quarry

Latitude: 44°17'15"N
Longitude: 143°12'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.2875,143.20277777778

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.

Acanthite	Argyrodite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Cristobalite	Ferrierite	Marcasite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Römerite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Tetrahedrite
Voltaite	Wavellite

Acanthite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Ferricopiapite ()*	Ferrierite-Mg ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mercury ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Variscite ()*	Voltaite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Argyrodite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Cristobalite Ferrierite Marcasite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Römerite Sphalerite Starkeyite Tetrahedrite
Voltaite Wavellite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	74627,74628,74629	2793
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	74628	272
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1	74629	62
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	74628,74632	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	74628	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	74628	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	74630	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	74628	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	74628	136
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	74631	453
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	74628	41
Ferrierite-Mg ()*	Ferrierite	[Mg₂(K,Na)₂Ca_0.5](Si₂₉Al₇)O₇₂·18H₂O	2	74628,74632	34
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	74628	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	74627,74628	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	74630	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	74630	397
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	74628	300
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	74627,74628	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	74627,74628,74630,74632	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	74628	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	74628,74629,74632	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1	74628	115
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	74628	293
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	74632	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	74628	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	74628	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	74627,74628	5317
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	74628	301
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	74628	111
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	74628	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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