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Urimaku Mine

Past Producer in Hokkaido, 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. 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 10040085
MRDS ID M053110
Record type Site
Current site name Urimaku Mine
Alternate or previous names Tokachi Reg No. 1519, Yuyambetsu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 143.08181, 43.29838 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 12 KM FROM URIMAKU 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 Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) 143.08181, 43.29838
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ON WEST SLOPE OF SHIKARIBETSU VOLCANO; OUTCROPS CLOSE TO HOTSPRINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1943 - 1944

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTING BEGAN IN JUNE 1943 , PRODUCED MORE ORE THAN SHINGYO MINE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES REPORTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO 154 , P. 104

Reporter information

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

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

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