Miyanoura mine, Yakushima Island, Yakushima-cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, Nansei Archipelago, Kyushu Region, Japan
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Defunct gold mine in pneumatolytic-hydrothermal quartz vein, poor in sulphides, hosted in Mesozoic slate adjacent to Tertiary granite intrusion. Gold content 4 to 8g/ton.
(Located either adjacent to the Baikei mine, or perhaps they could be considered the same mine.)
Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
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Miyanoura mine, Yakushima Island, Yakushima-cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, Nansei Archipelago, Kyushu Region, Japan