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Inosawa Mine

Prospect in Kochi, Japan with commodities Manganese, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10040022
MRDS ID M053027
Record type Site
Current site name Inosawa Mine
Alternate or previous names Kochi-Shi No. 2511

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 133.61554, 33.63207 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 KM WEST OF KUWANOKAWA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kochi(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Kochi
Japan Kochi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • 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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 133.61554, 33.63207
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Qtzite-Serp., Qtzite-Sandstone Contacts Are Loci Of Mineralization

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CINNABAR FORMS RED, GRANULAR CRYSTALS ACCOMPANYING MNO2 ORE, WHICH OCCURS AS A STOCKWORK OF VERY FINE CARBONATE VEINLETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • FOR THE MOST PART, MN IS BEING PROSPECTED. THOUGH THE AMOUNT OF CINNABAR CONTAINED IN THE MANGANESE IS RELATIVELY LARGE, IT CANNOT BE PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS IN SHIKOKU, JAPAN", BULL GEOL SUR JAPAN VOL 13 NO 3

  • Deposit

    OFFICE OF THE GEOL SUR JAP, 1954 , JAPANESE MINING MAGAZINE, BI-C

  • Deposit

    HORI, J., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN" REPORT # 154, GEOL. SUR. JAPAN

  • Deposit

    YOSHIMURA, T., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN

  • Production

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , JOUR GEOL SUR JAP

Reporter information

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

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