Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENSOID
Ore controlContact Between Green Tuffaceous Sandstone (Caprock) & Grey Sandstone; Or Along Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Kaolin, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Associated rockDiabase,Volcanic Ash,Rhyolite,Basalt,Granite
StructureNs-Trending Deep Fissure Tectonic Line, Pre-Mineralization Ne-Sw-Trending Faults; Brachyanticline, Syncline To Ene, Anticline To Wsw Of Deposit
AlterationSilicification, Carbonitization, Argillization Lensoid Or Block Silicified Body Bears Close Spatial Relation To Deposit.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1969 - RECENT
Identification
Deposit ID10040068
MRDS IDM053091
Alternate namesHokuchin
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.31502, 143.34845
References
FUJIWARA, T., ETAL, 1976 , "ORE DEPOSITS OF THE KITA-MONBETZU REGION, ABASHIRI PROVINCE, HOKKAIDO," HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REP NO 48 P. 61 - 70FUJIWARA, T., K. FUTAMASE, 1971 , "ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SHOKOTZU REGION, ABASHIRI PROVINCE, HOKKAIDO," HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REPORT NO 44 P. 1 - 12KISHIMOTO, F., 1971 , "ON THE HG DEPOSITS & ORES OF RYUSHODEN MINE, HOKKAIDO," GEOL SUR JAP BULL, VOL 22 NO 4 , P. 161 - 170KUJIRAI, S., J. KONO, "RECENT PROGRESS ON HG EXPLORATION AT RYUSHODEN MINE, HOKKAIDO," MINING GEOLOGY VOL 22 NO 109 P. 19 - 28KUJIRAI, S., 1971 , MINING GEOLOGY