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Towa Mine

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 10040045
MRDS ID M053059
Record type Site
Current site name Towa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 135.93214, 34.63203 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 KM EAST OF THE YAMATO HG MINE

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
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weak Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 135.93214, 34.63203
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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, Fault Crush Zones

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, 1971 , " ON THE DISTRIBUTION & DISPERSION OF HG IN YAMATO HG DEPOSITS AREA, UDA - GUN NARA PREF" GEOL. SUR. JAP. BULL. VOL. 22 NO. 6 P. 296 - 304

  • Production

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

Reporter information

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

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