Latitude: 43°58'N
Longitude: 143°56'E
An iron and manganese mine, now closed, on the north coast of Hokkaido, near the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk. Ore deposit of Mesozoic age. Hematite was the main ore mineral, but also yielded several manganese minerals.
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23 entries listed. 19 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).
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References
Kenji Togari, Masahide Akasaka and Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi (1986) INESITE FROM THE KOKURIKI MINE, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN. Jour. Fac. Sci., Hokkaido Univ., Ser. IV, vol. 21, no. 4, Feb., 1986, pp. 669-677.
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