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Fuji

Past Producer in Nara, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040042
MRDS ID M053055
Record type Site
Current site name Fuji

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 134.93216, 34.63202 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX 2.5 KM E OF TOWN OF OUDA - MACHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nara(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Nara
Japan Nara
Japan Nara

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Kaolinitijetion

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 134.93216, 34.63202
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Extensive Faulting, Fracturing; Median Tectonic Lime

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.1M
    Length 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Crush Zones Of Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ARGILLIZED ZONE APPROX. 10 M WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yamato District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UENO, M., KATO, K., 1971 , "ON THE DISTRIBUTION & DISPERSION OF HG IN YAMATO HG DEPOSIT AREA, UDA-GUN, NARA-KEN" GEOL SUR JAP BULL VOL 22 NO 6 P. 298-304

  • Production

    UENO, M., KATO, K., GEOL SUR. JAP. BULL. 1971

Reporter information

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

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