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Noda-Tamagawa mine, Noda, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Feitknechtite
Noda-Tamagawa mine, Noda, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Photo: Crystal Vine
Latitude: 40°4'24"N
Longitude: 141°48'30"E
Sedimentary manganese ore, now metamorphosed and repeatedly folded (overturned synclines), hosted in Paleozoic chert. Spectroscopic study shows traces of V, Cr, Ni in many minerals here.

Note: Some of the minerals listed here are from the country rock, not the orebody.

References

- Rocks & Min.: 59:216.
- Watanabe, T. (1959) The minerals of the Noda-Tamagawa mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan; I. Notes on geology and paragenesis of minerals. Mineralogical Journal, 2, 6, 408-421.
- Watanabe, T., et al. (1960) The minerals of the Noda-Tamagawa mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; II. Pyrochroite ore (Kimiman-koo) and its origin. Mineralogical Journal, 3, 1, 30-41.
- Kamitani, M., Okumura, K., Teraoka, Y., Miyano, S., and Watanabe, Y. (2007): Mineral Resources Map of East Asia. Geological Survey of Japan.

Mineral List

Actinolite
Aegirine
var: Urbanite
Aegirine-augite
Alabandite
Albite
'Allanite'
Alleghanyite
Almandine
'Amphibole Group'
Andalusite
Andradite
Arsenopyrite
Baryte
Bementite
Biotite
var: Manganophyllite
Birnessite
Bornite
Braunite
Bustamite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Caryopilite
Celsian
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cobaltite
Copper
Cordierite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Diopside
Epidote
Feitknechtite
'Feldspar Group'
Fluorapatite
Galaxite
Galena
Gersdorffite
Grossular
Haradaite
Hausmannite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hyalophane
'Hydrohausmannite'
Ilmenite
Inesite
Jacobsite
Kinoshitalite (TL)
Limonite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganocummingtonite
Manganogrunerite
Manganosite
Marcasite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Neotocite
Nickeline
Nsutite
Opal
Orthoclase
var: Barian Orthoclase
Parsettensite
Pentlandite
Phlogopite
var: Manganoan Phlogopite

'Picrotephroite'
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrite
var: Nickelian Pyrite

Pyrochroite
Pyrolusite
Pyrophanite
Pyrosmalite-(Mn)
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Ramsdellite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Richterite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Sussexite
Tephroite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Uraninite
Vesuvianite
'Wad'
Wollastonite
Yoshimuraite (TL)
Zircon


104 entries listed. 85 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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