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Nyu-Mura

Producer in Oita, Japan with commodity Mercury
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040010
MRDS ID M053011
Record type Site
Current site name Nyu-Mura
Alternate or previous names Kawazoi-Mura, Totsugimachi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 131.79892, 33.19875 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR AKASERI POND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oita(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Oita
Japan Oita

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Opal Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 131.79892, 33.19875
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strike-Slip Fault: N 70 - 80 Deg E; 60 Deg N Fault: N 20 - 30 Deg E; 50 - 60 Deg W

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR OR LENSOID
    Strike EW
    Dip 80 DEG N
    Thickness 1.5M
    Width 8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Outer Sw Japan (Kyushu)

Comments on the production information

  • ACCORDING TO KINOSHITA ( 1942 ), THESE LOCALITIES HAVE BEEN PRODUCING SINCE ANCIENT TIMES, BUT NO DETAILS HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED CONCERNING THE TYPE OR SCALE OF MINING OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KINOSHITA, K., 1942 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF KYUSHU", JAP ASS. MIN. PET ECON GEOL. J., VOL. 26 NO. 2 , P. 66 - 77

Reporter information

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

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