Ainoura Mine

Producer in Nagasaki, Japan with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  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 10040007
MRDS ID M053007
Record type Site
Current site name Ainoura Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 129.66564, 33.19873 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 KM FROM SASEBO RR STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nagasaki(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Nagasaki
Japan Nagasaki

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calomel Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 129.66564, 33.19873

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCARCE VEIN MINERALS, HG MINERAL COATINGS FILL FRACTURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Kyushu

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN", GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO. 154

  • Deposit

    KINOSHITA, K., 1942 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU", JAP ASS MIN PET ECON GEOL B. VOL 25 NO 1 P. 29 - 35

  • Deposit

    KINOSHITA, K., 1942 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU", JAP ASS MIN PET ECON GEOL B. VOL 25 NO 2 P 66 - 77

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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