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Japanese Tennantite localities

69 localities

A list of Japanese Tennantite localities described in citable papers and books. The list is edited based on the editing policy of location lists.

This is a list of locations where the mineral described as tennantite was reported. Lists of specific species are summaried in pages of Tennantite-(Fe) and Tennantite-(Zn).

Year of description

Location (Prefecture, Synonym, Comments)

Year 1896

Aikawa mine (Niigata, Sado mine)

Year 1908

Osarizawa mine (Akita)

Year 1941

Hosokura mine (Miyagi, Takada mine)

Year 1952

Zenigamezawa mine (Hokkaido)

Year 1953

Shibuya mine (Hokkaido)

Year 1955

Sakurago mine (Yamaguchi, Asahi mine, Zomeki mine)

Year 1956

Kamikita mine (Aomori)

Year 1957

Hanaoka mine (Akita)

Year 1960

Tsuchiya-Ishizaki mine (Hokkaido)

Year 1961

Imai-Ishizaki mine (Hokkaido, Showa-Ishizaki mine), Kuromori mine (Yamagata)

Year 1963

Hanawa mine (Akita)

Year 1965

Ainai mine (Akita), Kosaka mine (Akita), Shakanai mine (Akita), Tsuchihata mine (Iwate)

See Japanese page for more localities.