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Asahi

Past Producer in Japan with commodities 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040005
MRDS ID M053004
Record type Site
Current site name Asahi
Alternate or previous names Yuki Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 134.53635, 33.89456 (WGS84)
Relative position 50 M FROM SASAKI DEPOSIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Japan
Japan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite 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 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

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE DEPOSIT IS THOUGHT TO BE SIMILAR TO THE NINAMI DEPOSIT, BUT THIS IS UNCERTAIN AS THE DEPOSIT IS BURIED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mizui Mine, Samutani

Comments on the production information

  • THE AMOUNT OF CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION IS OBSCURE, BUT PROBABLY VERY MINISCALE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IT HAS BEEN HYPOTHESIZED THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF ORE REMAINS IN THE DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NAKAGAWA, C., 1958 , "KAMODANI MERCURY MINE INVESTIGATION REPORT", TOKUSHIMA-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 YUKI MERCURY MINE, TOKUSHIMA-KEN", PROPERTY OF K. YUKI

  • Production

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , JOURN. OF GEOL. SUR. JAPAN

  • Reserve-Resource

    IBID

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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