Horokanai

Past Producer in Hokkaido, Japan with commodities Mercury, Chromium, Iridium, Osmium
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040090
MRDS ID M053116
Record type Site
Current site name Horokanai

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 142.08182, 43.98168 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 KM FROM HOROKANAI STATION, FUKANA LINE RR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hokkaido(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Hokkaido
Japan Hokkaido
Japan Hokkaido

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chromite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization Of Plagioclese

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 142.08182, 43.98168

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stock Of Trondhiemite (Diam Greater Than 1 Km)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stockwork Of Cinnebar Veins A Few Mm Wide

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT LOCATED 10 M FROM SERPENTINE*

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1943 - 1944

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "NO ORE RESERVES OR PROSPECTS FORESEEN."

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit * THIS SERPENTINE IS IN THE BELT OF SAME IN WHICH THE TESHIO MINE IS LOCATED

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.