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Ikadatsu Mine

Producer in Ehime, Japan with commodities Copper, Sulfur, Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106910
MRDS ID M053043
Record type Site
Current site name Ikadatsu Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 133.38221, 33.83206 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 4. KM EAST OF HIURA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ehime(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Ehime
Japan Ehime

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Sulfur Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification On Upper & Lower Boundary Of Deposit

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 133.38221, 33.83206
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Reverse Fault Complicates Ore Body

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 DEG. W
    Dip 40 - 50 DEG N
    Thickness 1M
    Length 600M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shubarutsuite Occurs In Small Amounts Filling Fractures Within The Ore Body Near Its Contacts, Esp. Upper Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SCHUTITE CONTAINS 1.15 - 1.75 % HG. PRODUCTION IS APPROXIMATELY 1/15 - 1/20 OF BESSHI MINE (CUMMULATIVE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OFFICE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JAPAN, 1956 , JAPANESE MINING MAGAZINE, BI - B

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS TYPE OF OCCURANCE IS RARE. IT'S BEEN RESEARCHED BY SHO KUWAFUJI OF TOKYO UNIVERSITY, DEPT. OF GEOLOGY.

Reporter information

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

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