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Quartz from
Kasuga mine, Makurazaki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Covellite1
Pyrite1
Enargite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kasuga mine, Makurazaki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:455133
Long-form Identifier:1:3:455133:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘAkeshi mine, Chiran-cho, Minamikyushu City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘSuzuyama Mine, Suzuyama mining district, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
39.3km (24.4 miles) ⓘIwato mine, Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
50.4km (31.3 miles) ⓘSakkabira, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
52.9km (32.9 miles) ⓘMain Crater, Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou island), Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
54.3km (33.7 miles) ⓘKushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
54.6km (33.9 miles) ⓘArakawa No. 4 Vein, Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘOsumi Granodiorite, Osumi Peninsula, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
61.9km (38.4 miles) ⓘIriki, Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
79.5km (49.4 miles) ⓘYamagano mine, Yokogawa-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
References
wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
Mateen, T., et al. (2013) EBSD study of quartz c-axis orientations in the silicified host rocks of the Kasuga gold deposit, southwest Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 108, 278-287. (NB: mineral in the volcanic country rock or silicified volcanic host rock.)
Morishita, Yuichi, Hammond, Napoleon Q., Momii, Kazunori, Konagaya, Rimi, Sano, Yuji, Takahata, Naoto, Ueno, Hirotomo (2019) Invisible Gold in Pyrite from Epithermal, Banded-Iron-Formation-Hosted, and Sedimentary Gold Deposits: Evidence of Hydrothermal Influence. Minerals, 9 (7) 447 doi:10.3390/min9070447
 
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