Uryu River

Producer in Hokkaido, Japan with commodities Osmium, Iridium, Palladium, Chromium, 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 10039074
MRDS ID M046608
Record type Site
Current site name Uryu River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 141.91517, 43.64836 (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
Osmium Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 141.91517, 43.64836

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sorachi Province

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1958 PT GROUP METALS WAS 41.1 KG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAPAN, 1960: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN, P. 188

  • Deposit

    POLLARD, 1951, PT GROUP METALS OF JAPAN = NAT. RES. SECT; PREM. STUDY 66. GEN. HDQ. ALLIED POWERS, TOKYO, P. 11, 19 AND 20.

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.