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Pyrite from
Shirataki Mine, Okawa-mura, Tosa District, Kochi 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 Shirataki Mine, Okawa-mura, Tosa District, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:607461
Long-form Identifier:1:3:607461:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
8.3km (5.1 miles) ⓘIkadazu mine (Ikadatsu mine), Ikadazu, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘSazare mine, Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘIkadazu deposit, Tosa District, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
14.9km (9.2 miles) ⓘBesshi mine (Bessi mine), Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
18.9km (11.8 miles) ⓘShingu mine, Shingu, Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘMotoyasu mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘKunimiyama mine, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘIchinokawa Mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘMinawa mine, Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
44.2km (27.5 miles) ⓘTosakubo mine, Kami City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
References
Schoeman, P. (1996). Overview and comparison of Besshi-type deposits: ancient and recent (Doctoral dissertation, Rhodes University).
Watanabe, M., Hoshino, K., Kagami, H., Nishido, H., Sugiyama, M. (1998) Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd and K-Ar systematics of metamorphosed pillowed basalts and associated Besshi-type deposits in the Sanbagawa Belt, Japan. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (1) 113-120 doi:10.1007/s001260050189
Shunso Ishihara and Yuji Endo (2007): Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 58(1/2), 7-22.
 
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