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Tobu

Past Producer in 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040096
MRDS ID M053123
Record type Site
Current site name Tobu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 143.19014, 43.6692 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position 2.5 KM E OF THE ITOMUKA DEPOSIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Japan
Japan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE HG: CINNABAR APPROX. OR EQUAL 7:3

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Illite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Stibnite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) 143.19014, 43.6692
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Basement Anticline W/Ns-Trending Axis

Ore body information

  • Length 20M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUITE A FEW PARALLEL VEINLETS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED, LENGTH OF EACH INDIVIDUAL VEIN IS ABOUT 10 - 20 M ALONG STRIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Itomuka District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 180M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS OF LENGTH 180 M EACH, SEPARATED BY A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF ABOUT 30 M. THE ENTRANCE TO THE MINE HAS BEEN BURIED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUGIMOTO, R. ET AL, 1972 , "MERCURY ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ITOMUKA DISTRICT, ABASHIRI PROV, HOKKAIDO," REPORT #5-2 OF THE INVESTIGATIONS FOR PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ESSENTIAL MINERALS; HOKKAIDO GEOL. SUR. REP. NO. 45 PP. 1-23

  • Deposit

    USHISAWA, N, 1968 , "MATERIALS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH OF AU-AG & HG DEPOSITS, CONCERNING METAMORPHISM OF THE COUNTRY RX OF ITOMUKA DEPOSITS," JAPAN MINING GEOLOGY ASSOCIATION, HOKKAIDO BRANCH

  • Deposit

    YOSHIRO, Y, 1967 , "STUDY ON THE GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF ITOMUKA DISTRICT," (MANUSCRIPT)

  • Deposit

    TSUKADA, F, 1959 , "PECULIARITIES OF RESEARCH AT THE ITOMUKA MINE," JAPAN MINING MAGAZINE, VOL 75 NO. 855

  • Production

    SUGIMOTO ET AL (1973)

Reporter information

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

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