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Uwamuki deposit (Uwamukai deposit), Kosaka mine, Kosaka, Akita Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Kuroko-type massive sulphide deposit, consisting of several orebodies spread over about 500 meters linear distance. These are, from north to south, the Uwamuki No. 3 deposit, Uwamuki No. 2 deposit, Uwamuki No. 1 deposit and Uwamuki No. 4 deposit.



References:
- Shikazono, N., Hoshino, M., Utada, M., Nakata, M., and Ueda, A. (1998): Hydrothermal carbonates in altered wall rocks at the Uwamuki Kuroko deposits, Japan. Mineralium Deposita 33, 346-358.





Mineral List:
Albite
Baryte
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Dolomite
Galena
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Magnesite
Montmorillonite
Pyrite
Quartz
'Sericite'
Siderite
'Smectite Group'
Sphalerite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite


21 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.

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