Metamorphosed bedded manganese ore in Paleozoic sediments (metachert). Several orebodies, including the largest known of this type in Japan: 65x58x13m.
The mine was started in 1925 and closed in 1966. (1952 production 34,000 tons ore of 39% Mn, mostly from rhodochrosite.)
References
- Symposium sobre Yacimientos de Manganeso (Mexico, 1956); ed: Jenaro Gonzalez Reyna; v. IV: Asia y Oceania.
- 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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