Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryChromium, Iridium, Osmium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStockwork
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlStockwork Of Cinnebar Veins A Few Mm Wide
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChromite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSchist
Associated rockSerpentinite
StructureStock Of Trondhiemite (Diam Greater Than 1 Km)
AlterationArgillization Of Plagioclese
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1943 - 1944
Identification
Deposit ID10040090
MRDS IDM053116
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates43.98168, 142.08182
References
HORI, S., 1953 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF JAPAN," GEOL SUR JAP REPORT NO. 154 P. 105-106HARADA, J., 1943 , "CINNABAR PLACER OF HOROKANAI, ISIKARI," JAP ASS MIN PET ECON GEOL J V. 29 NO. 4GENERAL HEADQU. SUP COMMAND ALLIED FORCES, NAT RES DIV, 1974 , "MERCURY RESOURCES OF JAPAN," REP #91. P. 159-167HORI, S., 1953 , GEOL SUR JAP REP