Japanese siderite localities

307 localities

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

Year of description: Location (Prefecture, Synonym, Comments)
Year 1875: Fukutomi (Okayama, as Iron carbonate), Omori mine (Shimane, Iwami mine), Kiura mine (Oita)
Year 1892: Nishitane (Toyama, Kaminiikawa, as Iron carbonate)
Year 1894: Uchinokuchi mine (Oita)
Year 1896: Obira mine (Oita), Ikuno mine (Hyogo), Ichinokawa mine (Ehime)
Year 1897: Ebisu (Tokyo, Shibuya), Hiroo (Tokyo, Shibuya)
Year 1898: Kitabira mine (Yamaguchi)
Year 1901: Nakaosaka mine (Gunma), Maze mine (Niigata)
Year 1904: Ashio mine (Tochigi), Akatani mine (Niigata), Besshi mine (Ehime), Kuratani mine (Ishikawa, as Magnesite), Suzuyama mine (Kagoshima, Taniyama mine), Murai mine (Kagoshima)

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