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Nomura Mine

Past Producer in Ehime, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040036
MRDS ID M053047
Record type Site
Current site name Nomura Mine
Alternate or previous names Ehime Registration # 226

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 132.6989, 33.34875 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 KM SOUTH OF ISEITANI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ehime(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Ehime
Japan Ehime
Japan Ehime

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 132.6989, 33.34875
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding Ew - Oriented Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip N
    Thickness 0.7M
    Length 30M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Mn Deposit Consists Of 3 Ore Bodies Folded And Tabular In Form. Cinnabar Has Formed Thinly In Small Faults And Fissures Within These Ore Bodies, Which Are Associated With Folding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU, JAPAN", BULL. GEOL. SUR. JAPAN VOL. 13, NO. 3

  • Deposit

    OFFICE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN, 1954 ; JAPANESE MINING MAGAZINE, BI - C

  • Deposit

    MIYAMOTO, H., 1959 ,"REPORT ON THE INVESTIGATION OF MN DEPOSITS IN WESTERN EHIME PREFECTIVE", JOUR. GEOL. SUR. JAP. VOL. 5, NO. 6

  • Deposit

    YOSHIMURA, T., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN.

  • Production

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , GEOL. SUR. JAP. BULL.

Reporter information

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

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