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Shirataki Mine

Past Producer in Kochi, Japan with commodities Copper, Mercury, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098433
MRDS ID M053022
Record type Site
Current site name Shirataki Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 133.46554, 33.8154 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kochi(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Kochi
Japan Kochi
Japan Kochi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Mercury Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Covellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Amphibole Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 133.46554, 33.8154
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Homoclinal Fold Normal Faults Ne-Sw, Dip Nw

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 4200M
    Width 800M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • "B" Fault Zone, Quartz And/Or Calcite Veins Along Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FIRE XLS OR AGGREGATES IN A DRUSE; FOR MOST PART IN FAULT GAUGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • VALUES OF HG = 10**-3 WT % AND HIGHER WERE RECORDED BY SHIMADA ETAL ( 1967 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1100M
    Overall depth 0M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHIMADA, METAL 1967 , "ON THE CINNABAR FROM SHIRATAKI MINE, KOCHI PREFECTURE, JAPAN", MINING GEOLOGY VOL. 17 NO. 81 PP. 1 - 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit * WRITERS CONCLUDED THAT HG MINERALIZATION WAS CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH NEOGENE "SHINOGAWA ANTIMONY DEPOSIT" MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

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

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