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Umaishi Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040009
MRDS ID M053009
Record type Site
Current site name Umaishi Mine
Alternate or previous names Kumamoto Reg. No. 3546

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 130.74895, 32.44879 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX 20 KM FROM ARISA STATION, KAGOSHIMA MAIN LINE RR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kumamoto(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Kumamoto
Japan Kumamoto

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) 130.74895, 32.44879
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Large-Scale Inbricate Structure

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEINS FORM IN SHALE WHICH CONTACTS SERPENTINITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTING WAS BEGUN IN 1940 , BUT THE MINE WAS CLOSED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    HORI, S., 1953 , GEOL SUR JAP

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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