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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:455117
Long-form Identifier:1:3:455117:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
35.1km (21.8 miles) ⓘYamagano mine, Yokogawa-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
50.0km (31.1 miles) ⓘAkeshi mine, Chiran-cho, Minamikyushu City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
54.3km (33.7 miles) ⓘKasuga mine, Makurazaki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
65.4km (40.6 miles) ⓘIwato mine, Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
71.7km (44.6 miles) ⓘSarayama Mine, Amakusa District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
References
wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
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
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
Nokleberg, W.J., ed., (2010) Metallogenesis and tectonics of northeast Asia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1765, 624 p.
 
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