Commodities
SecondaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENSOID OR BLOCK
Ore controlA Secondary Fault Of Principal Fault (N50 Deg E, 50 Deg N) & Fractures Hg Dissemination Is Marked In Areas Of Gentle Folding
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChlorite, Kaolin, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockTuff,Rhyolite
StructureNe-Sw Line Of Structural Weakness Gentle Folding; Faults
AlterationSilicification, Striped Argillization (Pyrophyllite)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1942 - 1953 +?
Identification
Deposit ID10040047
MRDS IDM053062
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates34.79868, 134.18217
References
TAKASHIMA, K., 1956 , "MERCURY DEPOSIT OF WAKE PYROPHYLLITE MINE, OKAYANA" BULL GEOL SUR JAP VOL 7 NO. 5 P. 219 - 222HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOL SUR JAP REP. NO 154 P. 112