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Sana Mine

Past Producer in Mie, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10040049
MRDS ID M053065
Record type Site
Current site name Sana Mine
Alternate or previous names Mie Registration No. 2090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 136.48213, 34.46539 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3 KM FROM SANA STATION, KISEI EAST RR LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mie(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Mie
Japan Mie
Japan Mie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite 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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 136.48213, 34.46539
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 100 M S Of Median Tectonic Line

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Parallel To Mtl, Extend 2 Km Along Strike Of Phyllite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DISORDERED AGGLOMENATION OF QUARTZ, SERICITE, CINNABAR ALONG SCHISTOCITY OF SERICITE-QUARTZ SCHIST, FORMING "BOOK STRUCTURE"

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTING WAS BEGUN IN 1943 , BUT WAR ENDED BEFORE PRODUCTION COULD HAVE BEEN STARTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO 154 , P. 109

  • Production

    HORI, S., 1953 , GEOL SUR JAP REP

Reporter information

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

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