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Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Kushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan

Epithermal gold-silver veins with quartz-calcite gangue in Miocene andesite, owned by Mitsui Mining (1958 production: 804 Kg Au, grade 5.3g/t ; 6.8 tons Ag, grade 47g/t.)
Mine now closed. Famous among collectors for its superb calcite "butterfly twins".



References:
Ore Geology Reviews 34 (2008) 597-609
Econ Geol (1985) 80:283-293





Mineral List:
Acanthite
'Adularia'
Aguilarite
Altaite
Apatite-(CaF)
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Clausthalite
Galena
Gold
var: Electrum

Gyrolite
Hessite
Kaolinite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Naumannite
Petzite
Polybasite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrostilpnite
Quartz
Saponite
'Sericite'
Silver
Sphalerite
Stephanite
Stibnite


29 entries listed. 25 valid minerals.

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