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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:573950
Long-form Identifier:1:3:573950:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Chalcopyrite in this Region
Arakawa No. 4 Vein, Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘArakawa No. 4 Vein, Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
32.6km (20.3 miles) ⓘSuzuyama Mine, Suzuyama mining district, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
35.1km (21.8 miles) ⓘYamagano mine, Yokogawa-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
45.5km (28.3 miles) ⓘOnoyama gold mine, Aira District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
47.2km (29.3 miles) ⓘOkuchi mine (Oguchi mine), Isa City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
53.2km (33.1 miles) ⓘFuke mine, Isa City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
References
Galena, Clausthalite, and Altaite from the Kushikino Gold-Silver Ore Deposit, Japan-Possible Substitutional Limits. Mining Geology, 39(216), 253-260.
Mineralogical Journal Vol. 12 (1985) , No. 6 pp 269-274
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
Shiga, Y., & Urashima, Y. (1989). Isomorphous Compounds
 
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