Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Yonaguni Knoll IV Hydrothermal Field, Okinawa Trough, Senkaku Islands (Diaoyudao Islands; Diaoyutai Islands), Okinawa, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 259191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yonaguni Knoll IV Hydrothermal Field, Okinawa Trough, Senkaku Islands (Diaoyudao Islands; Diaoyutai Islands), Okinawa, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tiger Sulfide Chimney

Latitude: 24°50'49"N
Longitude: 122°42'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.846944444444,122.70027777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alabandite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Nukundamite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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: As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mn O S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	0		312
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	76218	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	76218	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	76218	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	76218	24243
Nukundamite ()*	None	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6S₄	0		16
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	76218	39462
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	76218	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0		3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	0		372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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