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Fukasawa Mine

JP / Akita
40.17847, 140.31861View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Fukasawa Mine is a historic mining site in Akita, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Iron. The site was discovered in 1969; production began in 1973; workings are underground.

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BariteChalcopyriteCopperGalenaGoldIronPyriteSilverSphalerite

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Operation type
Underground
Workings
Underground
Discovered
1969
First production
1973

Records and references

Cited references

MINING MAG 9-76 V133 N09 P245. METALS SOURCEBOOK V11 N022 ITEM B5202MINING JOURNAL. INDUSTRY IN ACTION: DOWA FIND. JUNE 3,1977, P. 435. WORLD MINING. HOW TRACKLESS MINING IS APPLIED TO KUROKO OREDEPOSITS IN JAPAN. MAY 1976, PP. 68-71. WORLD MINING CATALOG, SURVEY AND DIRECTORY NUMBER. JAPAN. JUNE 1973, PP. 127-128. MINING MAGAZINE. RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUKASAWA MINE BYA TRACKLESS HAULAGE SYSTEM. DECEMBER, 1976, PP. 504-519. SAWAGUCHI, T., T. SHIMODA, AND S. TANIMURA. ON THE FUKUZAWAORE BODIES, AKITA PREFECTURE. GEOLOGY OF KUROKO DEPOSITS.1974, PP. 147-155. MINING JOURNAL. OXYGEN BOOST FOR FURUKAWA. DECEMBER 4,1978, P. 437. SHIKAWA, M., N. TONO, AND K. WASAKA. GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORA-TION FOR KUROKO DEPOSITS IN NORTHEAST HONSHU, JAPAN. IN-TERNATIONAL GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION SYMPOSIUM. ELSEVIERSCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK, 1975, PP. 65-76. LAMBERT, I. B., AND T. SATO. THE KUROKO AND ASSOCIATED OREDEPOSITS OF JAPAN: A REVIEW OF THEIR FEATURES AND METAL-LOGENESIS. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 69, 1974, PP. 1215-1236. DOWA DEVELOPING TSUNOKAKEZANWA KUROKO ORE BODY; BUILDSCRUSHING PLANT, WORLD MINING, JAN. 1976. IKI, DR. SHOJI, KUROKO BRINGS REVIVAL TO JAPANS DOMESTICMINING, WORLD MINING, APR. 1967, PP. 12-16. IZAWA, EIJI, YOSHIDA, TETSUO, AND SAITO, RYO, GEOCHEMICALCHARACTERISTICS OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AROUND THEFAKAZAWA KUROKO DEPOSIT, AKITA, JAPAN, MINING GEOLOGY,VOL. 28, 1978, PP. 325-335 . MARUYAMA, SADAD AND SATO, TAKEO, THE KUROKO AND ASSOCIATEDORE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN: A REVIEW OF THEIR FEATURES ANDMETALLOGENSIS, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 69, 1974, PP.1215-NIGHTINGALE, L.G. ED., FINANCIAL TIMES MINING INTERNATIONALYEARBOOK, LONGMAN, LONDON, 1980. SATO, TAKEO, DISTRIBUTION AND GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THEKUROKO DEPOSITS, SOC. OF MINING GEOLOGISTS OF JAPAN;GEOLOGY OF KUROKO DEPOSITS, MINING GEOLOGY SPECIAL ISSUE,NO. 6, 1974. MINING GEOLOGY, 1974, GEOLOGY OF KUROKO DEPOSITS, SPECIALISSUE NO. 6. SCOTT, S.D., STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF THE KUROKO DEPOSITS OFTHE HOKUROKU DISTRICT, PAPAN, MINING GEOLOGY, VOL. 28,1978, PP. 301-311.E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1991AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 12/2/93, P.5.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10133844view the source record

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Coordinates: 40.17847, 140.31861

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