Kokkyo

Occurrence in 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040098
MRDS ID M053125
Record type Site
Current site name Kokkyo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 143.15264, 43.6692 (WGS84)
Elevation 1220
Relative position 1 KM W OF YAMATO DEPOSIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Japan
Japan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 143.15264, 43.6692

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Basement Anticline With An Ns-Trending Axis. Ew-Trending, Near Vertical Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Itomuka District

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTING IN A TUNNEL(S) WAS APPARENTLY CARRIED OUT ACTIVELY IN THE PAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUGIMOTO, R., ET AL, 1972 , "MERCURY ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ITOMUKA DISTRICT, ABASHIRI PROVINCE, HOKKAIDO," REPORT #5-2 OF THE INVESTIGATIONS FOR PROMOTION OF DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIAL MINERALS, HOKKAIDO GEOL. SUR. REP. NO 45 PP. 1 - 23

  • Deposit

    USHISAWA, N., 1968 , "MATERIALS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH OF AU-AG & HG DEPOSITS, CONCERNING METAMORPHISM OF THE COUNTRY RX OF ITOMUKA DEPOSIT," JAPAN MINING GEOLOGY ASSOCIATION, HOKKAIDO BRANCH

  • Deposit

    YOSHIRO, Y., 1967 , "STUDY ON THE GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF ITOMUKA DISTRICT," (MANUSCRIPT)

  • Deposit

    TSUKADA, F., 1959 , "PECULIARITIES OF RESEARCH AT THE ITOMUKA MINE," JAPAN MINING MAGAZINE VOL 75 NO 855

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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