Shirotani

Past Producer in Japan with commodity PGE
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 10038664
MRDS ID M046077
Record type Site
Current site name Shirotani

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 138.99872, 36.49863 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Japan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
PGE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iridosmine Ore

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 138.99872, 36.49863

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tokushima

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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