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Tsugu

Past Producer in Aichi, Japan with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, Mercury, Copper, Molybdenum, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc
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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. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040050
MRDS ID M053066
Record type Site
Current site name Tsugu
Alternate or previous names Aichi Registration No. 102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 137.63209, 35.09869 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 KM FROM MIKAWATAKUCHI STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aichi(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Aichi
Japan Aichi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Mercury Primary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 137.63209, 35.09869
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Median Tectonic Line ( 18 M E)

Ore body information

  • Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 2M
    Length 2000M
    Width 300M
    Depth to top 90M
    Depth to bottom 120M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated & Striped Structures Made Up Of Above Minerals Fracture-Filling

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TELESCOPED ORE; CINNABAR MOST RECENT OF ABOVE MINERALS; FORMS VEINLETS IN CONJUNCTION WITH QUARTZ IN ONE AREA OF DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1943

Comments on the production information

  • MERCURY ORES WERE WORKED AS A BYPRODUCT OF ANTIMONY ORE OPERATIONS IN 1943. BEFORE THAT, AU-AG OPERATIONS HAD BEEN GOING ON SPORADICALLY SINCE DISCOVERY.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Total resources 500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Mercury Hg 0.1 wt-pct Mercury Major 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORI, 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN", GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO 154, P. 58 - 59 , 108

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1947 , "MERCURY RESOURCES OF JAPAN", SUP. COMM. ALL. FORC. NAT. RES. DIV. REPORT NO. 91 P. 54 - 55

  • Production

    HILPERT, L.S., 1947 , SUP ALLIED COMM NAT RES DIV

  • Reserve-Resource

    HORI, S., 1953 , GEOL SUR JAP REP NO 154

Reporter information

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

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