Esashi

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038662
MRDS ID M046075
Record type Site
Current site name Esashi
Alternate or previous names Usotannai

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 142.58178, 44.93165 (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
PGE Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 142.58178, 44.93165

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLATTENED GRAINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Soya Province

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IIMORI, SATOYASU, GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN MINERALS IN JAPAN, 1929, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    T. WADA, MINERALS OF JAPAN, 1904, P. 9

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.