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Nyu 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 10040052
MRDS ID M053069
Record type Site
Current site name Nyu Mine
Alternate or previous names Mie Registration No. 1764

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 136.53213, 34.44872 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 6 KM FROM TOCHIBARA STATION KISE 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Realgar Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 136.53213, 34.44872
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Median Tectonic Line

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Proximity Of Contact Between Leucocratic Biotite Granite & Amphigranite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ABUNDANT REALGAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1938 - ?, 1943

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT PRODUCED DURING WW II.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    HORI, S., 1953 , GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO 154

Reporter information

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

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