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Quartz from
Akeshi mine, Chiran-cho, Minamikyushu City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Akeshi mine, Chiran-cho, Minamikyushu City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:455149
Long-form Identifier:1:3:455149:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘKasuga mine, Makurazaki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘSuzuyama Mine, Suzuyama mining district, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘIwato mine, Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘSakkabira, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
50.0km (31.1 miles) ⓘKushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
50.3km (31.3 miles) ⓘArakawa No. 4 Vein, Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘOsumi Granodiorite, Osumi Peninsula, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
55.5km (34.5 miles) ⓘIriki, Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
58.0km (36.1 miles) ⓘMain Crater, Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou island), Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
71.4km (44.4 miles) ⓘYamagano mine, Yokogawa-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
References
wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
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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