Numata

Producer in Hokkaido, Japan with commodities Iridium, Osmium, Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Chromium
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. Ore body information
  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 10106877
MRDS ID M046033
Record type Site
Current site name Numata
Alternate or previous names Ishida Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 142.03182, 43.83168 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hokkaido(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Hokkaido

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iridium Critical Primary
Osmium Primary
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Iridosmine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 142.03182, 43.83168

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sorachi/Uryu River Area

Comments on the production information

  • OS PRODUCTION FIGURES REFER TO OS & TR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METALLIC AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HOKKAIDO: JAPAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 58-59, PLATE I.

  • Deposit

    POLLARD, 1951, PT IN JAPAN: HDQ. ALLIED POWERS. P. 10, 11 AND 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 King, Bi-Shia U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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