Commodities
SecondaryMercury
TertiaryArsenic, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlShear Zone W/Shifting Strike
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury, Stibnite
GangueIllite, Kaolin, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite
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)
AlterationSilicification, Argillization, Fe Sulfide Dissem.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1969 - MAY 1972
Identification
Deposit ID10040088
MRDS IDM053114
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates43.94836, 142.74014
References
FUJIWARA, T., K. FUTAMASE, 1974, "ALTERED CLAY & ORE DEPOSIT OF AIBETSU MINE," HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REP NO 46 P. 87-96FUTAMASE, K., T FUJIWARA, 1974 , "INVESTIGATION FOR GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING & DISTRIBUTION OF HG, SB, AS AT AIBETSU," HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REP NO 46 P. 96 - 103FUJIWARA, T., ET AL, 1960 , "GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF AIBETSU AREA," HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REP NO. 59HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO. 154FUJIWARA, T., 1974 , HOKKAIDO GEOL SUR REPORT # 46