Yubari-Gama

Producer in Hokkaido, Japan with commodities Platinum, Iridium, Osmium, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038632
MRDS ID M046036
Record type Site
Current site name Yubari-Gama
Alternate or previous names Yubari River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 142.01519, 42.89838 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hokkaido(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Hokkaido

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Osmium Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iridosmine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 142.01519, 42.89838

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT GRAINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ishikari

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES REFER TO OS & IR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE: IMPERIAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN, TOKYO, 1926. P. 95-96.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IIMORI, SATOYASU, GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN MINERALS IN JAPAN. P. 28

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.