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Japanese Tetrahedrite localities

303 localities

A list of Japanese Tetrahedrite 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 tetrahedrite was reported. Lists of specific species are summaried in pages of Tetrahedrite-(Fe) and Tetrahedrite-(Zn).

Year of description

Location (Prefecture, Synonym, Comments)

Year 1891

Aikawa mine (Niigata, Sado mine)

Year 1892

Kiura mine (Oita)

Year 1894

Sakura mine (Hyogo, Kanayamatani mine), Ikuno mine (Hyogo, Sn-bearing), Kosaka mine (Akita)

Year 1895

Hosonoguchi mine (Fukui, Isono mine)

Year 1899

Kuratani mine (Ishikawa)

Year 1900

Omodani mine (Fukui)

Year 1901

Hisaichi mine (Akita)

Year 1904

Besshi mine (Ehime)

Year 1907

Okuzu mine (Akita)

Year 1909

Naganobori mine (Yamaguchi)

Year 1914

Nakamaru mine (Gunma, Yawata mine)

Year 1915

Abeshiro mine (Aomori)

Year 1916

Kamuiopetsu mine (Hokkaido), Bajo mine (Oita)

See Japanese page for more localities.