Tonomine Mine

Past Producer in Nara, Japan with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040051
MRDS ID M053067
Record type Site
Current site name Tonomine Mine
Alternate or previous names Nara Registration No 68

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 135.88214, 34.46538 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 8 KM FROM SAKURAI STATION, SAKURAI RR LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nara(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Nara
Japan Nara

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 135.88214, 34.46538

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1932 - 1945 + (?)

Comments on the production information

  • A RETORT FURNACE IS LOCATED ABOUT 6 KM FROM THE MINE AT SAKURAI-MACHI

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN" GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO 154 P. 111

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1947 , "MERCURY RESOURCES OF JAPAN", GEN HEADQU. SUPREME ALLIED COM. NAT RES DIV REP NO 91

  • Production

    HILPERT, LS., 1947 , SUP ALL COM NAT RES DIV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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