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Iriya Mine

Past Producer in Japan with commodity 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. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040044
MRDS ID M053058
Record type Site
Current site name Iriya Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 135.93214, 34.63203 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 6.5 KM SE OF HAIHARA RR STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Japan
Japan
Japan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weak Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 135.93214, 34.63203
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Extensive Fracturing, Faulting; Median Tectoniclime

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.1M
    Length 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Fault Crush Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yamato District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UENO, M., KATO, K., 1971 ,"ON THE DISTRIBUTION & DISPERSION OF HG IN YAMOTO HG DEPOSITS AREA, UDA-GUN, NARA-KEN" GEOL. SUR. JAP. BULL. VOL. 22 , NO. 6 , P. 296 - 304

  • Production

    UENO, M., KATO, K., 1971 , GEOL. SUR. JAP. BULL.

Reporter information

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

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