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Geology and deposit
- Deposit type
- Vein
- Host rock
- Dacite
- Associated rock
- Dacite
- Orebody form
- BULGING LENSOID
Basement Anticline W/Ns Axis, Ew-Trending Near Vertical Faults; Shear Zones Which Are Roughly Parallel To Faults, Brecciated Veins, With Ns Trend
Kaolinized Zones Located Along On Echelon Shear Zones Conjugate To The Nanbu Fault Localized The Hg Ore.
Propyllization, Argillization, Carbonization, Sillicification.
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Workings
- Underground
- Production size
- Small
- Production years
- 1967 - PRESENT
Records and references
SUGIMOTO, R., ET AL 1972 , "MERCURY ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ITOMUKA DISTRICT, ABASHIRI PROVINCE, HOKKAIDO," REPORT #5-2 OF THE INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE PROMOTION OF DEVELOPMENT OF ESSENTIAL MINERALS; HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REP. NO. 23 PP. 1 - 23USHISAWA, N, 1968 , "MATERIALS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH OF AU-AG & HG DEPOSITS, CONCERNING METAMORPHISM OF THE COUNTRY RX OF ITOMUKA DEPOSIT," JAPAN MINING GEOLOGY ASSOC., HOKKAIDO BRANCHYOSHIRO, Y., 1967 , "STUDY ON THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ITOMUKA DISTRICT," (MANUSCRIPT)TSUKADA, F., 1959 , "PECULIARITIES OF RESEARCH AT THE ITOMUKA MINE," JAP MINING MAG. VOL 75 NO 855SUGIMOTO ET AL, ( 1971 )
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10040097 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 43.67337, 143.16514
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
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