Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc, Lead
SecondaryGold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlAssociated With White Rhyolite Domes.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Barite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
GangueGypsum, Quartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
Associated rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite · Uwamuki Formation Tuff Breccia (Nishikurosawa Formation);Other Green Tuff Horizons
StructureHokuroku Basin, Hanawa Fault, Ashinazawa Fault
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1884
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10073094
MRDS IDW018909
Alternate namesUchinotai Mine and Others
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.32847, 140.74832
References
OSHIMA, T., ET AL, 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE KOSAKA MINE, AKITA PREFECTURE; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL., MINING GEOL. SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 6 P. 89 - 100LAMBERT, I. B., SATO, T., 1974, THE KUROKO AND ASSOCIATED ORE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN: A REVIEW OF THEIR FEATURES AND METALLOGENESIS; ECON. GEOL. V 69 P. 1215 - 1236SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 213. OSHIMA T. ET AL, 1974, JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL. NO. 6 P. 94OSHIMA, T. ET AL., 1974, JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL. NO. 6 P. 94. LAMBERT, I. B., SATO, T., 1974, ECON. GEOL. V. 69 P. 1216