Hyogo
Producer

Akenobe Mine

Hyogo, Japan
TinTungstenCopperZincLeadSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryTin, Tungsten, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Slate,Greenstone,Sandstone,Chert · Tamba
StructureMesozoic-Cenozoic Orogenic Belt
Tectonic settingQuartz Veins Cut Folded Permo-Carboniferous Sedimentary Rocks Above A Suspected Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary Granite Pluton
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1936
Discovery year1909
Identification
Deposit ID10021659
MRDS IDDE00347
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.21533, 134.68216
References
IMAI, H., KATAYAMA, N., AND FUKUOKA, I., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE AKENOBE MINE AND THE NINGYO-TOGE URANIUM DEPOSITS. INTERNATIONAL MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 7TH GENERAL MEETING, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, TOKYO-KYOTO MEETING, GUIDEBOOK 8, EXCURSION B4, P. 4-22.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS BRANCH, MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAPAN, FOREIGN MINERALS SURVEY, VOL. 2, NO. 5, OCT. 1945, P. 43, 102-4.SHIBATA, K., AND ISHIHARA, S., 1974, K-AR AGES OF THE MAJOR TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN JAPAN, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 69, NO. 8, DEC. 1974, P. 1207-1214.IMAI, H., LEE, M.S., IIDA, K., FUJIKI, Y., AND TAKENOUCHI, S., 1975, GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE XENOTHERMAL VEIN-TYPE DEPOSITS IN JAPAN, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 70, NO. 4, P. 647-676.UNITED STATES, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUSINESS AND DEFENSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, 1956, MATERIALS SURVEY: TUNGSTEN, WASHINGTON, D.C., G.P.O., DECEMBER 1956, N.P.LI, K.C. AND WANG, C.Y., 1955, TUNGSTEN, THIRD EDITION, NEW YORK, REINHOLD PUBLISHING CORPORATION, P. 91.IMAI ET AL, 1975.