Ikutawara Mine

Past Producer in Hokkaido, Japan with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040063
MRDS ID M053083
Record type Site
Current site name Ikutawara Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 143.54846, 43.91504 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hokkaido(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Hokkaido
Japan Hokkaido

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR IKUTAWARA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 143.54846, 43.91504

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinnabar Druse On Cemented Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AU AG MINE CONTAINING HG MINERALS IN UPPER PORTION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOL SUR JAP REP NO 154 , P. 99

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.