Commodities
SecondaryMercury, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlThe Sandstone Is Interbedded Within The Tuff; Their Contacts Form The Loci Of The Mn Deposit. Due To Folding Of Sandstone, The Ore Body Contains Abundent Fissures, Where It Pinches And Swells. This Is Particularly True In The Saddle Portion Of The Fold. Cinnabar Has Formed As A Film Within These Fissures.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiabase,Sandstone
Associated rockDiabase,Peridotite,Serpentinite
StructureFolding
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040031
MRDS IDM053040
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.68207, 133.66554
References
KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU, JAPAN", BULL. GEOL. SUR. JAPAN VOL. 13 NO. 3 PP. 333 - 357OFFICE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN: JAPANESE MINING MAGAZINE, BI - C, 1954HORI, J., 1954 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN", GEOL. SUR. JAPAN REPORT #154YOSHIMURA, T., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN.KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , JOUR. GEOL. SUR. JAPAN