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Tobu

JP / Hokkaidō
43.66920, 143.19014View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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About this location

Tobu is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Calcite, Cinnabar, Dolomite, Illite, Kaolin, Marcasite; logged ore minerals are Cinnabar; gangue is recorded as Calcite, Dolomite, Illite, Kaolin, Marcasite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Stibnite. Workings are underground.

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Found Here

CalciteCinnabarDolomiteIlliteKaolinMarcasiteMontmorillonitePyriteStibnite

Geology and deposit

Ore minerals
Cinnabar
Gangue minerals
CalciteDolomiteIlliteKaolinMarcasiteMontmorillonitePyriteStibnite
Structure

Basement Anticline W/Ns-Trending Axis

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Workings
Underground
Production size
Small

Records and references

Cited references

SUGIMOTO, R. ET AL, 1972 , "MERCURY ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ITOMUKA DISTRICT, ABASHIRI PROV, HOKKAIDO," REPORT #5-2 OF THE INVESTIGATIONS FOR PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ESSENTIAL MINERALS; HOKKAIDO GEOL. SUR. REP. NO. 45 PP. 1-23USHISAWA, N, 1968 , "MATERIALS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH OF AU-AG & HG DEPOSITS, CONCERNING METAMORPHISM OF THE COUNTRY RX OF ITOMUKA DEPOSITS," JAPAN MINING GEOLOGY ASSOCIATION, HOKKAIDO BRANCHYOSHIRO, Y, 1967 , "STUDY ON THE GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF ITOMUKA DISTRICT," (MANUSCRIPT)TSUKADA, F, 1959 , "PECULIARITIES OF RESEARCH AT THE ITOMUKA MINE," JAPAN MINING MAGAZINE, VOL 75 NO. 855SUGIMOTO ET AL (1973)

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10040096view the source record

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Coordinates: 43.66920, 143.19014

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