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Kuga (tungsten)

Kuga district, Yamaguchi Prefecture (about 50 km south-west of Hiroshima), Japan

SkarnsW

Type
Scheelite skarn (scheelite type, ilmenite series)

Scheelite skarn near Fujigatani, in the same Kuga group sediments. Preliminary isotope data from Sato (1980). Coordinates estimated within the Kuga district. Indicative coordinates.

δ34S in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system

Standard : Non précisé dans la publication

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
−8 ± 1.5 ‰−9 / −6.9 ‰2sphalerite
Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 samples, Table 7. Preliminary data; sphalerite concentrate contaminated by 4 to 5 % pyrrhotite or chalcopyrite.
Sato (1980), Tungsten skarn deposit of the Fujigatani mine, southwest Japan, Economic Geo…
−9.7 ± 1.4 ‰−10.7 / −8.7 ‰2galena
Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 samples, Table 7. Preliminary data.
Sato (1980), Tungsten skarn deposit of the Fujigatani mine, southwest Japan, Economic Geo…

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Cite this page

IsoFind Atlas (2026). Kuga (tungsten), isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/kuga-tungstene/ (accessed 2026-10-13).

@misc{isofind2026kugatungstenisotopesignatures,
  title = {Kuga (tungsten), isotope signatures},
  author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/kuga-tungstene/},
  note = {Accessed 2026-10-13}
}

Updated : 2026-10-13