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Magnetite from
Yaguki mine (Yakuki mine), Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yaguki mine (Yakuki mine), Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:494589
Long-form Identifier:1:3:494589:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Magnetite in this Region
Asahi deposit, Yaguki mine (Yakuki mine), Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
42.8km (26.6 miles) ⓘKozoyama pegmatite, Nekonaki, Ishikawa town (Ishikawa-machi), Ishikawa District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
51.3km (31.8 miles) ⓘTakanokura mine, Soma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
62.9km (39.1 miles) ⓘSuishoyama pegmatite (Suishouyama; Suisyoyama; Suishyoyama), Iizaka Village (Iisaka), Kawamata, Date District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
63.4km (39.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed quarry, Tadano, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
66.2km (41.2 miles) ⓘHitachi Mine, Hitachi-machi, Taga District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
92.8km (57.7 miles) ⓘTakatori mine, Shirosato-machi, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
References
(n.d.) Dr. Matsuo Nambu collection, Geological Survey of Japan.
Fujikawa, Osamu
Vol.XXIII, No.1
Matsueda, Hiroharu (1992) Petrological Characteristics of the Granitoids Around the Yaguki Mine, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan : With Special Reference to the Relationships between the Yaguki-type Granodiorite and Ore Mineralization. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy
Shimizu, M., Kato, A., & Sakurai, K. I. (1993). Heyrovskýite, lillianite solid solution and galena from the Yakuki mine, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Shigen-Chishitsu, 43(240), 283-290.
 
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