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Sasaki

Past Producer in Japan with commodities Mercury, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098430
MRDS ID M053005
Record type Site
Current site name Sasaki
Alternate or previous names Yuki Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 134.53635, 33.89456 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR SAMUTANI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Japan
Japan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) 134.53635, 33.89456
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W-Oriented Chichibu Zone, Small-Scale Faults Trending E-W & N-S

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 0.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEINS FILL FAULTS & FISSURES IN LIMESTONE. FISSURES FORMED AT THE CHERT-LIMESTONE & TUFF-LIMESTONE CONTACT ARE FILLED WITH ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mizui Mine, Samutani

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period 1962
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Hg 0.2 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Mercury Mercury 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MOST PRODUCTIVE PERIOD WAS FROM THE LATE MEIJI PERIOD ( ABOUT 1900 ) UNTIL 1920 , WHEN IT WAS CLOSED. IT WAS REOPENED IN 1940 .

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1962 , PREPARATIONS WERE BEING MADE FOR FURTHER EXCAVATION BELOW THE PREVIOUSLY-WORKED SHAFT. HOWEVER, THEY HAD FOUND NO MERCURY THERE, THUS FAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "ON THE MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU, JAPAN", BULL GEOLOGIC SURVEY JAPAN VOL 13 NO. 3 PP. 333 - 51

  • Deposit

    NAKAGAWA, C., 1958 , "KAMODANI MERCURY MINE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT" TOKUSHIMA-KEN REPORT BY THE COMMITTEE FOR PROMOTION OF PRODUCTION & TECHNOLOGY

  • Deposit

    YAJIMA, S., 1958 , "JAPAN'S MERCURY DEPOSITS", PROFESSOR JUN SUZUKI MEMORIAL VOLUME

  • Deposit

    MIZUHARA, G., 1956 , "INVESTIGATIVE REPORT OF THE YUKI MERCURY MINE, TOKUSHIMA-KEN", PROPERTY OF K. YUKI

  • Production

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "HG DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU"

Reporter information

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

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