A reputed locality for gold-tellurium ore, but no Au-Te mineralization whatsoever is visible in the adit. Local collectors suspect the adit was dug by a deluded prospector who had imagined receiving a message from "God" that gold and tellurium were to be found there.

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Amur PlateTectonic Plate

AsiaContinent

Eurasian Plate

Southern Japan ForearcAccretionary Complex

Japan

Honshu IslandIsland
Hyogo Prefecture
- Rokko MountainsMountain Range

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Kande mine, Nishi-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan i
Regional Level Types
Kande mine Mine
Nishi-ku - not defined -
Kobe City City
Hyogo Prefecture Prefecture
Japan Country