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Wakayama Mine

Past Producer in Oita, Japan with commodities Nickel, Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040008
MRDS ID M053008
Record type Site
Current site name Wakayama Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 131.64893, 32.91544 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oita(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Oita
Japan Oita
Japan Oita

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Millerite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Magnesite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Carbonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 131.64893, 32.91544
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CINNABAR HAS DISSEMINATED IN SMALL AMOUNTS IN OPALIZED SERPENTINE & ALSO WITHIN THE NICKEL DEPOSIT, NICKEL, CINNABAR ARE PARAGENETIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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