Yamagano Au Mine

Past Producer in Kagoshima, Japan with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  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 10040017
MRDS ID M053021
Record type Site
Current site name Yamagano Au 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)

Kagoshima(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Kagoshima

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 138.85251, 36.95377

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL AMOUNT OF HG MINERALIZATION AU AG VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Kyushu

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN", GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO 154 P. 115

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.