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Mitsuishi Mine

Past Producer in Hokkaido, Japan with commodities Mercury, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040081
MRDS ID M053105
Record type Site
Current site name Mitsuishi Mine
Alternate or previous names Hidaka Reg No. 1217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 142.78184, 42.41508 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 18 KM FROM MOTOGIRI STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hokkaido(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Hokkaido
Japan Hokkaido

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) 142.78184, 42.41508
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FISSURE-FILLING VEINS; CINNABAR CONCENTRATED ON WALLS, CELCITES IN CENTER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1942 - ?

Comments on the production information

  • IN THE PAST MITSUISHI WAS A GOLD MINING DISTRICT, BUT PRODUCED MERCURY DURING WW II

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO 154 , P. 106

  • 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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