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Mangan

Past Producer in Japan with commodities Manganese, 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. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040002
MRDS ID M053001
Record type Site
Current site name Mangan
Alternate or previous names Yuki Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 134.53635, 33.89456 (WGS84)
Relative position MIDWAY BETWEEN SASAKI, EBISU DEPOSITS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Japan
Japan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Mercury Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • 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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 134.53635, 33.89456
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Chichibu Zone; Small Scale E-W & N-S Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Silicified Limestone & Slate Forms Locus Of The Mn & Hg Ores.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mizui Mine, Samutani

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKA, JAPAN", BULL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN VOL 13 NO 3

  • Deposit

    NAKAGAWA, C., 1958 "KAMODANI MERCURY MINE INVESTIGATION REPORT", TOKASHIMA-KEN REPORT BY THE COMMITTEE FOR PROMOTION OF PRODUCTION & TECHNOLOGY

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MIZUHARA, G., 1956 , "INVESTIGATIVE REPORT OF THE YULCI MERCURY MINE, "TOKUSHIMA-KEN", PROPERTY OF K. YUKI

  • Production

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , JOUR GEOL SUR JAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATION TYPE REPRESENTED BY CINNABAR ONLY
Deposit WITHIN THE MANGANESE ORE, PIECES OF MNO2 ORE, WHOSE ENRICHMENT OF MANGANESE BEARS NO RELATION TO THE AMOUNT OF MERCURY CONTAINED, DO IN SOME CASES CONTAIN NATIVE MERCURY.

Reporter information

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

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