Seicho Mine

Past Producer in Hokkaido, Japan with commodities Mercury, Antimony, Copper
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 10040061
MRDS ID M053079
Record type Site
Current site name Seicho Mine
Alternate or previous names Kitami Reg No. 6850, Uttsu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 143.16512, 44.31502 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 KM FROM OKOPPE STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hokkaido(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Hokkaido
Japan Hokkaido

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 143.16512, 44.31502

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO 154 P. 97

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, LS., 1947 , "MERCURY RESOURCES OF JAPAN," GEN HEADQU. SUP COMM. ALL POW NAT RES SEC REP NO 91

  • Production

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

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.