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Polybasite from
Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Polybasite
Formula:[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Polybasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:599589
Long-form Identifier:1:3:599589:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Polybasite in this Region
Arakawa No. 4 Vein, Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Nearest other occurrences of Polybasite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘArakawa No. 4 Vein, Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
References
Galena, Clausthalite, and Altaite from the Kushikino Gold-Silver Ore Deposit, Japan-Possible Substitutional Limits. Mining Geology, 39(216), 253-260.
Matsuhisa, Y., Morishita, Y., Sato, T. (1985) Oxygen and carbon isotope variations in gold-bearing hydrothermal veins in the Kushikino mining area, southern Kyushu, Japan. Economic Geology, 80 (2) 283-293 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.283
Shiga, Y., & Urashima, Y. (1989). Isomorphous Compounds
Morishita, Yuichi; Nakano, Takanori (2008) Role of basement in epithermal deposits: The Kushikino and Hishikari gold deposits, southwestern Japan. Ore Geology Reviews, 34 (4). 597-609 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.09.009
 
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