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Shioe Mine

Past Producer in Kochi, Japan with commodities Manganese, Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040024
MRDS ID M053030
Record type Site
Current site name Shioe Mine
Alternate or previous names Kochi Registration # 3127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 133.54888, 33.53207 (WGS84)
Relative position .4 KM SOUTH OF KAMODA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kochi(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Kochi
Japan Kochi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Secondary
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Slate Has Been Argillized, & Is Red-Brown; Near The Lower Contact Of Ore Quite A Bit Of The Ore Has Been Silicified, And Some Fissures Have Formed There. Black Oxidized Manganese Has Filled The Larger Fissures.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 133.54888, 33.53207
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Large E-W Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mn Deposit Occurs At The Slate - Phillite Quartzite Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE MN ORE IS SOOTY & BLACK, AND VERY SOFT. CINNABAR OCCURS IN THE ESPECIALLY RICH ORE ZONES WHICH ARE SUPERFICIALLY BOYRIODAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1939 - 1942
    Material MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^40 - 44 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 42wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE CINNABAR AT THIS MINE IS OF THE HIGHEST GRADE AMONG ALL CINNABAR WHICH OCCURS IN MN DEPOSITS ON THE ISLAND OF SHIKOKU. HOWEVER, IT CANNOT BE PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU, JAPAN", BULL GEOL SUR JAP VOL 13 NO 3 PP 333 - 51

  • Deposit

    YOSHIMURA, T., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN

  • Production

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , JOUR GEOL SUR JAPAN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Roddy, Steve J. U.S. Geological Survey

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