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Ezuri

JP / Akita
40.26517, 140.56531View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Ezuri is a historic mining site in Akita, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Pyrite. The site was discovered in 1976; production began in 1979; workings are underground.

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BariteChalcopyriteCopperGalenaGoldPyriteSilverSphalerite

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Operation type
Underground
Workings
Underground
Discovered
1976
First production
1979

Records and references

Cited references

MINING JOURNAL. INDUSTRY IN ACTION. DOWA FIND. JUNE 3,1977, P. 435. MINING MAGAZINE. JAPANESE BLACK ORE PROGRESS. OCTOBER1977, P. 437. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OFMINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, MCGRAW-HILL,1980. HOW TRACKLESS MINING IS APPLIED TO KUROKO ORE DEPOSITS INJAPAN, WORLD MINING, MAY 1976, PP. 68-71. IKI, SHOJI, KOROKO BRINGS REVIVAL TO JAPAN'S DOMESTICMINING, WORLD MINING, APR. 1967, PP. 12-16. ISHIKAWA, ETAL, EXPLORATION OF THE EZURI KUROKO DEPOSITS INTHE HOKUROKU DISTRICT, MINING GEOLOGY 30(3), PP. 137-152,LAMBERT, I.B., AND SATO, TAKEO, THE KUROKO AND ASSOCIATEDORE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN: A REVIEW OF THEIR FEATURES ANDMETALLOGENESIS, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 69, 1974, PP.1215-1236. MARUYAMA, S. AND SATO, N., GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION OF THEKUROKO DEPOSITS IN JAPAN, MINING AND CONCENTRATING OFLEAD AND ZINC, PP. 171-195. RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUKAZAWA MINE BY A TRACKLESSHAULAGE SYSTEM, MINING MAGAZINE, DEC. 1976, PP. 504-519. GEOLOGY OF THE KUROKO DEPSITS SOCIETY OF MINING GEOLOGISTSOF JAPAN, MINING GEOLOGY SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 6, 1974. SATO, Y., ET AL, ON THE EZURI KUROKO DEPOSITS WITH SPECIALREFERENCE TO THE PRESENT STATUS OF EXPLORATION ANDDEVELOPMENT, MINING GEOLOGY, 30(2), PP. 89-99, 1980. SCOTT, S.D., STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF THE KUROKO DEPOSITS OFTHE HOLUROKU DISTRICT, JAPAN, MINING GEOLOGY, V. 28,1978M PP. 301-311.E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1991

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10304755view the source record

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Coordinates: 40.26517, 140.56531

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