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Sanpo Mine

Past Producer in Oita, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098432
MRDS ID M053015
Record type Site
Current site name Sanpo Mine
Alternate or previous names Imaichi Oita Registr. # 3813

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 131.4156, 33.03209 (WGS84)

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Country Rock - Outstanding Hydrothermal Alteration

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 131.4156, 33.03209
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Ew-N 30 Deg E, Or Ew Approx. N 70 Deg E

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinnabar Fills: 1) Fissures In Fault Breccia 2) Fissures Developed Parallel To Fault In Country Rx.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FISSURES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 5 MM IN THICKNESS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1944 - 1945

Mining district

District name South Kyushu

Comments on the production information

  • DURING THE LATER PART OF THE WAR THE MINE PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KINOSHITA, K., 1942 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU", JAP ASS MIN PET ECO GEOL. B., V. 25 NO. 1 PP. 29 - 35

  • Deposit

    KINOSHITA, K., 1942 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU", JAP ASS MIN PET ECO GEOL. B., V. 25 NO. 2 P. 66 - 77

  • Deposit

    HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN", GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO 154 P. 113

  • Production

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

Reporter information

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

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