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Pyrite from
Yatani mine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yatani mine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:507738
Long-form Identifier:1:3:507738:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Kanizawa deposit, Yatani mine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
38.7km (24.1 miles) ⓘTakatama mine, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
41.3km (25.6 miles) ⓘKaruizawa mine, Yanaizu Town, Kawanuma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
41.6km (25.9 miles) ⓘAkayama mine, Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
44.0km (27.3 miles) ⓘHanda mine, Koori, Date City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
44.9km (27.9 miles) ⓘYoshino mine, Nanyō City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
46.3km (28.8 miles) ⓘAkatani mine (Akadani mine), Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
46.5km (28.9 miles) ⓘKanamaru mine, Uetsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
48.2km (29.9 miles) ⓘTakahata Mine, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
49.3km (30.6 miles) ⓘOtani Mine, Mikawa-mura, Aga, Higashikambara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
53.6km (33.3 miles) ⓘSuishoyama pegmatite (Suishouyama; Suisyoyama; Suishyoyama), Iizaka Village (Iisaka), Kawamata, Date District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
References
(n.d.) Dr. Matsuo Nambu collection, Geological Survey of Japan.
Urabe, T. (1977) Partition of cadmium and manganese between coexisting sphalerite and galena from some Japanese epithermal deposits. Mineralium Deposita, 12 (3) 319-330 doi:10.1007/bf00206170
Makoto Watanabe (1983) Journal of Science of the Hiroshima University, Series C, 8, #1, 67-94.
Shikazono, Naotatsu (1985) A comparison of temperatures estimated from the electrum-sphalerite-pyrite-argentite assemblage and filling temperatures of fluid inclusions from epithermal Au-Ag vein-type deposits in Japan. Economic Geology, 80 (5) 1415-1424 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.80.5.1415
 
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