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Kunimiyama mine, Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan

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A manganese and iron mine which worked a Paleozoic exhalative sedimentary deposit of manganiferous iron oxides. Now closed.





Mineral List:
  		•  Alleghanyite
    Mn
    2+
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Takabatake, A. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 207ff (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Jacobsite ?
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Description: (Not mentioned in the reference, but seems probable from the "magnetite" compositions given.)
    Reference: [Takabatake, A. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 207ff (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Takabatake, A. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 207ff (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Neotocite
    (Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO
     
    3
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Opal
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  'Psilomelane'
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Pyrolusite
    MnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]
  		•  Rhodonite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Kaneko, K. (1956) Symposium sobre yacimientos de manganeso. Vol. 4, 184 (Mexico, 1956)]


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