Inosawa Mine

JP / Kōchi

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Inosawa Mine is a mineral prospect in Kochi, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Stockwork deposit hosted in Quartzite, Serpentinite, Sandstone. Reported specimens include Braunite, Cinnabar, Pyrolusite, Quartz; logged ore minerals are Braunite, Cinnabar; gangue is recorded as Quartz.

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Found Here

BrauniteCinnabarPyrolusiteQuartz

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: Stockwork
Host rock: Quartzite, Serpentinite, Sandstone
Associated rock: Diabase, Peridotite, Serpentinite

Ore minerals

BrauniteCinnabar

Gangue minerals

Quartz

Ore control

Qtzite-Serp., Qtzite-Sandstone Contacts Are Loci Of Mineralization

Mining history

Status: Prospect

Records and references

Cited references

KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS IN SHIKOKU, JAPAN", BULL GEOL SUR JAPAN VOL 13 NO 3OFFICE OF THE GEOL SUR JAP, 1954 , JAPANESE MINING MAGAZINE, BI-CHORI, J., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN" REPORT # 154, GEOL. SUR. JAPANYOSHIMURA, T., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF JAPANKISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , JOUR GEOL SUR JAP

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10040022 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 33.63207, 133.61554

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