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Tairyuji

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098435
MRDS ID M053039
Record type Site
Current site name Tairyuji

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 134.52385, 33.87373 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 KM WEST OF KUMOGAWA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Japan
Japan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • 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 > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) 134.52385, 33.87373
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small - Scale Faults Forming At Contacts; Strike - Nearly E-W, Dipping To M In General

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip N 65 DEG.
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Tuff - Chert Contact Forms Locus At Which Ore Occurrsin Intermittent Pockets

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THERE ARE NO ASSOCIATED IGNEOUS RX EXPOSED IN THE AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • THE GRADE OF ORE IS EXTREMELY LOW, AND NO SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY OF ORE HAS BEEN REMOVED.

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU, JAPAN," BULL. GEOL. SUR. JAPAN VOL. 13 NO. 3

  • Deposit

    MIZUHARA, G., 1958 , "TOKUSHIMA - KEN YUKI MERCURY MINE INVEST. REPORT" PROPERTY OF K. YUKI

  • Deposit

    YAMADA, M., INOUYE, S., 1954 , "REPORT OF INVESTIGATION OF LIMESTONE DEPOSITS OF TOKASHIMA PREFECTIVE, NAGA - GUN & SHOBU - GUN,"GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONTHLY, VOL. 5 NO. 11

  • Production

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , JOUR. GEOL. SUR. JAP.

Reporter information

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

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