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Futaba Mine

Past Producer in Ehime, Japan with commodity Mercury
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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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040028
MRDS ID M053036
Record type Site
Current site name Futaba Mine
Alternate or previous names Hiyoshi Mine, Mine # 5384

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 132.86556, 33.31542 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ehime(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Ehime
Japan Ehime
Japan Ehime

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) 132.86556, 33.31542
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults; Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • Width 0.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinnabar Occurs As Veins, And Disseminated, In Shear - Zones Within Shale (Whose Inclination Is N 60 Deg. E, 40-60 Deg. N) And In Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THERE ARE 2 MAIN ORE BODIES. THE CINNABAR CRYSTALS ARE LARGE WITH RESPECT TO OTHER COMMERCIAL HG DEPOSITS IN JAPAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period 1962
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Hg = .5 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Mercury Mercury 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • ALL IMPORTANT WORKINGS HAVE BEEN BURIED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU, JAPAN", BULL. GEOL SUR. JAPAN VOL. 13 NO. 3 PP. 333-57

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OFFICE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN, 1955 : JAPANESE MINING MAGAZINE, BI - A

  • Deposit

    HORI, J., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN REPORT # 154

  • Production

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , JOUR GEOL SUR JAP

Reporter information

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

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