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Taihei Mine

Producer in Ehime, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040035
MRDS ID M053046
Record type Site
Current site name Taihei Mine
Alternate or previous names Ehime Registered Test Mine # 5178

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 132.61557, 33.34875 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ehime(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Ehime
Japan Ehime
Japan Ehime

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 132.61557, 33.34875
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Oriented Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike EW
    Dip N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CINNABAR OCCURS IN MN OXIDE AS FILLINGS IN FRACTURES; VERMILION - COLORED. LITTLE IS KNOWN OF CINNABAR WITHIN MN CARBONATES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962, "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU, JAPAN", BULL. GEOL. SUR. JAPAN. VOL. 13 NO. 6

  • Deposit

    OFFICE GEOL. SUR. JAPAN, 1954 , JAPANESE MINING MAGAZINE, BI - C

  • Deposit

    MIYAMOTO, H., TAKAI, S., 1954 , "REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF MN DEPOSITS IN WESTERN EHIME PREFECTIVE" JOUR GEOL. SUR. JAP., VOL. 5 # 6

  • 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-MAY-1978 Roddy, Steve J. U.S. Geological Survey

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