Wassamu Deposit

Producer in Hokkaido, Japan with commodities Chromium, Iridium, Osmium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038623
MRDS ID	M046025
Record type	Site
Current site name	Wassamu Deposit
Alternate or previous names	Wassamu Gawa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	142.39848, 44.04835 (WGS84)
Relative position	6.2 MILE W. WASSAMU STATION OF SOYA MAIN LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hokkaido(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Japan	Hokkaido

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium Critical	Primary
Iridium Critical	Secondary
Osmium	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	142.39848, 44.04835	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form STREAM GRAVELS

General form	STREAM GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Kamikawa/Teshio River Area

Comments on the production information

PRODUCTION FIGURES REFER TO OS & IR.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046025

Bibliographic references

Deposit

POLLARD, 1951, PT IN JAPAN: HDQ. ALLIED POWERS, P. 10, 11

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1975	King, Bi-Shia	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.