Horokanai

JP / Hokkaido

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Horokanai is a historic mining site in Hokkaido, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Stockwork deposit hosted in Schist. Reported specimens include Chromite, Cinnabar, Limonite; logged ore minerals are Cinnabar; gangue is recorded as Chromite, Limonite. Production is recorded for 1943 - 1944.

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Found Here

ChromiteCinnabarLimonite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: Stockwork
Host rock: Schist
Associated rock: Serpentinite

Ore minerals

Cinnabar

Gangue minerals

ChromiteLimonite

Structure

Stock Of Trondhiemite (Diam Greater Than 1 Km)

Ore control

Stockwork Of Cinnebar Veins A Few Mm Wide

Alteration

Argillization Of Plagioclese

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production years: 1943 - 1944

Records and references

Cited references

HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO. 154 P. 105-106HARADA, J., 1943 , "CINNABAR PLACER OF HOROKANAI, ISIKARI," JAP ASS MIN PET ECON GEOL J V. 29 NO. 4GENERAL HEADQU. SUP COMMAND ALLIED FORCES, NAT RES DIV, 1974 , "MERCURY RESOURCES OF JAPAN," REP #91. P. 159-167HORI, S., 1953 , GEOL SUR JAP REP

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10040090 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 43.98168, 142.08182

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