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Aigawa Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098434
MRDS ID M053035
Record type Site
Current site name Aigawa Placer
Alternate or previous names Tokushima Registered Placer # 7

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 133.71554, 33.96539 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR TERANO, ON THE AIKAWA & IYOKAWA RIVERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Japan
Japan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Schistocity

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 133.71554, 33.96539
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL AM'T OF FINE GRANIBAR CINNABAR W/GOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • THE AMOUNT OF MERCURY PRODUCED IS EXTREMELY LOW.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE EXPL. NEAR BY RIVERS WHERE PLACER GOLD IS MINED, AND THUS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY CONTAIN HG AS WELL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF STUKOKU, JAPAN," BULL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN VOL. 13 NO. 3

  • Deposit

    HORI, J., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS IN JAPAN" GEOL. SURV OF JAPAN REPORT # 154

  • Production

    KISHIMOTO, F., 1953 , JOUR. GEOL SUR. JAPAN

Reporter information

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

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