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Locality Name:
Sado Mine, Sado Island, Niigata, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 53677
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53677.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sado Mine, Sado Island, Niigata, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°2'15"N
Longitude: 138°15'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.0375,138.26083333333

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Marcasite
Mica	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mckinstryite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
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 Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Gypsum Jalpaite Marcasite
Mica None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	116
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	51
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	249
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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