Japanese thorite localities

32 localities

A list of Japanese thorite 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 1947: Naegi (Gifu, Ena)
Year 1955: Nekonaki (Fukushima, Ishikawa)
Year 1958: Mount Terasawa (Iwate, Miyamori), Nakanotaki (Iwate, Tsukumoushi)
Year 1959: Cape Ashizuri (Kochi)
Year 1963: Ashizuri mine (Kochi)
Year 1968: Ohashi river (Fukushima, Ishikawa)
Year 1982: Tahara (Gifu, Hirukawa), Kichimi creek (Gifu, Fukuoka)
Year 1983: Tateiwa mine (Ehime)
Year 1999: Mount Oto (Ehime, Oshima island), Kabudo island (Kagawa), Fukuda mine (Kagawa, Shodo island), Mategata (Ehime, Shiroiwa mine), Shukunono (Ehime, Matsuyama), Sho mine (Ehime, Mount Kadoishi), Kitaura (Ehime, Hagata island), Moura (Kagawa, Hiroshima island)
Year 2000: Kawamata-Suishoyama (Fukushima)
Year 2001: Sakaguchi mine (Osaka, Shiroishi mine)
Year 2005: Mount Tanakami (Shiga)
Year 2009: Yuge island (Ehime, Yuge mine), Nishi-Obora (Gifu, Naegi)
Year 2010: Dogamori (Kochi, Cape Ashizuri), Matsuo (Kochi, Cape Ashizuri)
Year 2012: Nishinoiri (Saitama, Yorii), Mount Kuresaka (Ehime, Funakoshi, Iwaki island)
Year 2014: Shinden (Gifu, Hirukawa, Okuwatari, Abirome bridge), Mihara mine (Hiroshima), Omishima mine (Ehime, LS), Kawarazu (Ehime, Saijo)
Year 2018: Shiso Suien mine (Hyogo)