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Obira mine, Ono-gun, Oita prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan

Quartz
Obira mine, Ono-gun, Oita prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan

Photo: Kiyoshi Kiikuni
Latitude: 32°50'30"N
Longitude: 131°34'40"E
尾平鉱山

Miocene Cu-Zn-As-Sn veins and pyrometasomatic deposits produced by Miocene granite intrusion into Paleozoic sediments. Skarns developed by boron and fluorine injection into wall rock.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Andradite
Arsenic ?
Arsenopyrite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Fe)
Axinite-(Mn) ?
Bismuthinite
Boulangerite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Clinochlore
Cookeite
Danburite
Dravite ?
Fluorite
Galena
Grunerite
Hastingsite
Hedenbergite
Hemimorphite
'Hornblende'
Ilvaite
Jamesonite
'K Feldspar'
Limonite
Löllingite
Marcasite
Melanterite
'Mountain Leather'
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Schorl
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stilpnomelane
Talc
'Tourmaline'
Uvite
Vesuvianite


44 entries listed. 34 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

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References

- Kamitani, M., Okumura, K., Teraoka, Y., Miyano, S., and Watanabe, Y. (2007): Mineral Resources Map of East Asia. Geological Survey of Japan.

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