Commodities
SecondaryMercury
TertiaryArsenic, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlN 60 Deg - 80 Deg E - Trending Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibnite
GangueIllite, Kaolin, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockDacite,Andesite
StructureNe - Sw, Ew Trending Shear Zones, Faults Postulated Deep Fracture System (Hidaka Gp, Neogene Age, Propyllitized Igneous Rk Outcrop To West, N, S)
AlterationPropllization, Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1937 - 1945 , 1969 - MAY 1972
Identification
Deposit ID10040086
MRDS IDM053111
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates43.92753, 142.73597
References
FUJIWARA, T., K. FUTAMASE, 1974 , "ALTERED CLAY & ORE DEPOSIT OF HIBETSU HG MINE," HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REP NO 46 , P. 87 - 96FUTAMASE, K., T. FUJIWARA, 1974, "INVESTIGATION FOR GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING & DISTRIBUTION OF HG, SB, AS AT HIBETSU," HOKKAIDO GEOL REP NO 46 P. 97-103HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOL SUR JAPAN REPORT NO 154FUJIWARA, T, ET AL, 1960 , "GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS OF AIBETSU AREA," HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REP NO 59FUJIWARA, T., ETAL, 1974 , HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REP NO 46