Commodities
SecondaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFault Planes, Crush Zones, Bedding Planes
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony, Opal, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone
Associated rockBasalt
StructureFaults Which Parallel Bedding Planes
AlterationBrecciation, Pyrite Dissemination
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1938 - 1945
Identification
Deposit ID10040012
MRDS IDM053014
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates32.9321, 131.83225
References
HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN", GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO 154 , P. 114KINOSHITA, K., 1942 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF KYUSHU", JAP ASS MIN PET ECO GEOL B. VOL 25 NO. 1 P. 29 - 35KINOSHITA, K., 1942 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF KYUSHU", JAP ASS MIN PET ECO GEOL B. VOL 25 NO. 2 P. 66 - 77GEN. HEADQU. SUP. ALL COMMAND, NAT RES. DIV., 1947 , "MERCURY RESOURCES OF JAPAN" REPORT NO. 91GEN HEADQU. SUP COM ALLIES NAT RES DIV, 1947 , REP 91GEN HEADQU. SUP COMM ALL FOR, NAT RES DIV, 1947 , REP. NO. 91