Motoyama

JP / Hokkaido

•43.92753, 142.73597View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Motoyama is a historic mining site in Hokkaido, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Andesite. Reported specimens include Cinnabar, Illite, Kaolin, Limonite, Metacinnabar, Quartz; logged ore minerals are Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibnite; gangue is recorded as Illite, Kaolin, Limonite, Quartz.

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Found Here

CinnabarIlliteKaolinLimoniteMetacinnabarQuartzStibnite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Andesite
Associated rock: Dacite, Andesite

Ore minerals

CinnabarMetacinnabarStibnite

Gangue minerals

IlliteKaolinLimoniteQuartz

Structure

Ne - Sw, Ew Trending Shear Zones, Faults Postulated Deep Fracture System (Hidaka Gp, Neogene Age, Propyllitized Igneous Rk Outcrop To West, N, S)

Ore control

N 60 Deg - 80 Deg E - Trending Shear Zone

Alteration

Propllization, Argillization

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production years: 1937 - 1945 , 1969 - MAY 1972

Records and references

Cited references

FUJIWARA, T., K. FUTAMASE, 1974 , "ALTERED CLAY & ORE DEPOSIT OF HIBETSU HG MINE," HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REP NO 46 , P. 87 - 96FUTAMASE, K., T. FUJIWARA, 1974, "INVESTIGATION FOR GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING & DISTRIBUTION OF HG, SB, AS AT HIBETSU," HOKKAIDO GEOL REP NO 46 P. 97-103HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOL SUR JAPAN REPORT NO 154FUJIWARA, T, ET AL, 1960 , "GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS OF AIBETSU AREA," HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REP NO 59FUJIWARA, T., ETAL, 1974 , HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REP NO 46

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10040086 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 43.92753, 142.73597

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