Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Usu-zan, Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 23737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Usu-zan, Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Showa-shinzan Volcano (Usu-shinzan)

Latitude: 42°32'32"N
Longitude: 140°51'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.542222222222,140.86388888889

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.

Aphthitalite	Arcanite	Baryte	Copiapite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Stibnite	Tamarugite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Arcanite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Carobbiite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Galeite ()*
Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rheniite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sassolite ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Thénardite ()*

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 B Ba Bi Ca Cd Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb Re S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Arcanite Baryte Copiapite Corundum Cristobalite Gypsum Halotrichite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Stibnite Tamarugite Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	74672	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	74672	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	74672	77
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	1	74672	30
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	74672	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	74672	1935
Carobbiite ()*	Rocksalt	KF	1	74672	3
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	74672	382
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	74672	453
Galeite ()*	None	Na₁₅(SO₄)₅ClF₄	1	74672	3
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	74672	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	74672	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	74672	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	74672	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	74672	14640
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	1	74672	56
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	0		265
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	74672	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	74672	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	74672	61156
Rheniite ()*	None	ReS₂	1	74672	8
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	74672	5614
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃	1	74672	31
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	0		87
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	74672	190
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	74672	299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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