Sado - Island

Producer in Japan with commodities PGE, Platinum, Rhenium, Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038663
MRDS ID	M046076
Record type	Site
Current site name	Sado - Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	138.41537, 37.99856 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Japan

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
PGE Critical	Primary
Platinum Critical	Primary
Rhenium	Tertiary
Iron	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	138.41537, 37.99856	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form STREAM GRAVELS

General form	STREAM GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Niigata

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046076

Bibliographic references

Deposit

IIMORI, SATOYASU, GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN MINERALS IN JAPAN, 1929, P. 28.
Deposit

T. WADA, MINERALS OF JAPAN, 1904, P. 8

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.