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Pyrrhotite from
Hosokura mine, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hosokura mine, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:704344
Long-form Identifier:1:3:704344:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘOdomori mine, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
54.3km (33.7 miles) ⓘOya mine, Motoyoshi, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘAkagane mine, Esashi ward, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
55.7km (34.6 miles) ⓘJishakuyama orebody, Akagane mine, Esashi ward, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
56.4km (35.1 miles) ⓘMatsuiwa mine (Kohoku mine), Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
86.1km (53.5 miles) ⓘArakawa ultramafics, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
87.0km (54.0 miles) ⓘKamaishi mine, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
References
Narita, E. (1963). Geology and Ore Deposits of the Onikobe-Hosokura District, Northeastern Houshu, Japan. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy= 北海道大學理學部紀要, 11(4), 651-681.
Urabe, T. (1977) Partition of cadmium and manganese between coexisting sphalerite and galena from some Japanese epithermal deposits. Mineralium Deposita, 12 (3) 319-330 doi:10.1007/bf00206170
Kamitani, M., Okumura, K., Teraoka, Y., Miyano, S., Watanabe, Y. (2007) Mineral Resources Map of East Asia, Geological Survey of Japan.
Nokleberg, W.J., ed., (2010) Metallogenesis and tectonics of northeast Asia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1765, 624 p.
 
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