Kitamukai-Jizo
Gongendo, Moroyama city, Iruma county, Saitama pref., Japan
Occurrence
Oxidation zone of Pumpellyite-Aclinolite facies bedded manganese deposit
Manganese dioxide deposit formed by oxidation of chert-hosted bedded manganese deposit in a chert block of Kashiwagi Unit, a member of Northern Chichibu Belt.
A prospected adit on a small block of bedded chert of Kashiwagi Unit. There is no record on this adit. This is possibly a part of Nakano-Tsuchiyama Mine located near by.
Reported Minerals
- Manganese dioxide
Localities
- Nakano-Tsuchiyama Mine (Gossan zone)
- Kitamukai-Jizo (Gossan zone)
- Mount Obira (Gossan zone)
Related Occurrences
- Bedded Mn (Diagenesis)
- Bedded Mn (Low-T zeolite facies)
- Bedded Mn (High-T zeolite facies)
- Bedded Mn (Prehnite-Pumpellyite facies)
- Bedded Mn (Pumpellyite-Actinolite facies)
- Bedded Mn (Greenschist facies)
- Bedded Mn (Epidote-Amphibolite facies)
- Bedded Mn (Amphibolite facies)