Matsuo Mine

Past Producer in Iwate, Japan with commodities Sulfur, Iron, Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium-Barite

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10040016
MRDS ID	M053020
Record type	Site
Current site name	Matsuo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	138.85251, 36.95377 (WGS84)
Relative position	No latitude-longitude reported. Given lat-lon is for centroid of first order political subdivision boundary.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iwate(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Japan	Iwate

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sulfur	Primary
Iron	Primary
Mercury	Tertiary
Antimony Critical	Tertiary
Arsenic Critical	Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Barite	Ore
Cinnabar	Ore
Orpiment	Ore
Sulfur	Ore
Opal	Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1)	138.85251, 36.95377	ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

4th Ore Body; Agglomerate Of Fine Powder .1 - 10 M Wide At Contact Between Fine-Textured Iron Sulfides And Coarse-Grained Pyrite. Also Occurs As Thin Veins In Crush Zone (N 20 Deg W) Approx. 35 M Long.

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: CINNABAR SIMILAR TO THAT AT ALMADEN (MAIN PEAK = 2.872 DEG A; OBVIOUS PEAKS AT 3.37 , 3.18 DEG A).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Both
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M053020

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-AUG-78	Roddy, Stephen J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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