Tateyasu Mine

Prospect in Oita, Japan with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097155
MRDS ID M053010
Record type Site
Current site name Tateyasu Mine
Alternate or previous names Oita Reg No. 3934

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 131.42393, 33.03209 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 KM FROM OITA STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oita(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Oita
Japan Oita

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 131.42393, 33.03209

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTING BEGUN IN 1936 ; NOTHING PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN", GEOL SUR JAP REP NO 154 P. 114

  • Production

    HORI, S., 1953 , GEOL SUR JAP REP 154

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.