Commodities
PrimaryManganese
SecondaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlThe Mn Deposit Consists Of 3 Ore Bodies Folded And Tabular In Form. Cinnabar Has Formed Thinly In Small Faults And Fissures Within These Ore Bodies, Which Are Associated With Folding
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockPeridotite,Serpentinite
StructureFolding Ew - Oriented Faults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040036
MRDS IDM053047
Alternate namesEhime Registration # 226
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates33.34875, 132.6989
References
KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU, JAPAN", BULL. GEOL. SUR. JAPAN VOL. 13, NO. 3OFFICE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN, 1954 ; JAPANESE MINING MAGAZINE, BI - CMIYAMOTO, H., 1959 ,"REPORT ON THE INVESTIGATION OF MN DEPOSITS IN WESTERN EHIME PREFECTIVE", JOUR. GEOL. SUR. JAP. VOL. 5, NO. 6YOSHIMURA, T., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN.KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , GEOL. SUR. JAP. BULL.