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Tanono Mine

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  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 10040026
MRDS ID M053032
Record type Site
Current site name Tanono Mine
Alternate or previous names Kochi Registration. 3193

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 132.98222, 33.41542 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 KM FROM TANONO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kochi(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Kochi
Japan Kochi
Japan Kochi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 132.98222, 33.41542
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSOID

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CINNABAR FILLS IN THE FAULTS & FISSURES WITHIN THE MN ORE BODY THESE VEINS ARE ABOUT 10 IN THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • THE AMOUNT OF CINNABAR IS EXTREMELY LOW

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE LEVEL IS BURIED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    YOSHIMURA, T. 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN

Reporter information

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

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