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Locality Name:
Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 262292
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262292.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Azumi-mura
Hata
Sorimachi
Yagisawa Mine

Latitude: 36°19'36"N
Longitude: 137°59'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.326666666667,137.99361111111
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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteColumbiteFluoriteGarnetHumiteNoneOlivinePyrite
QuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSodaliteSphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Alleghanyite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Helvine  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyroxmangite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS175823312
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)217582377
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)275822,7582327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217582327198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21758239617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17582324243
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S175823237
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)175823469
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2275818,75820234
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2375818,75820,7582339462
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3175823147
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217582361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)375818,75820,758231711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)175823969
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31758231214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17582321482
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)175823240


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