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Locality Name:
Shioya, Tochigi, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 186709
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186709.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shioya, Tochigi, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Manju Mine (Manjyu Mine)
Nikko Mine
Tochigi Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteBrochantiteChalcophylliteCopperFluoriteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPharmacosideriteQuartzRhodonite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Langite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21765865509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O176586150
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61765861633
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O176586194
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1765863531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)176586363
Copper  (*)CopperCu1765863846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1765862970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21765879617
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O176586593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217658612537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)176586492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O176586428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)617658651
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2276585,7658761156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)176587969
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1765861153
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1765861101


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