Description
Mitsubishi Metal Mining Co.
Commodities
PrimarySulfur-Pyrite, Zinc, Copper, Lead
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR TO CONCORDANT BEDS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueGypsum, Quartz
Other materialsBarite
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockTuff · Okuzu Formation Pumiceous Tuff, Mudstone, Rhyolite;Other Green Tuff Horizons
StructureHokuroku Basin, Matsuki Fault And Others
AlterationOre Is In A Chlorite - Sericite Zone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1973
Discovery year1963
Identification
Deposit ID10073095
MRDS IDW018910
Alternate namesMatsuki and Takadate
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.2818, 140.56528
References
SATO, N., KUSAKA, H., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE MATSUKI MINE, OHDATE CITY, AKITA PREFECTURE; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL. SPEC. ISS. NO. 6 P 141 - 146LAMBERT, 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 - 12361963 DIREXPL MITSUBISHI - DRILLING SINCE 1960 - ORE FOUNLAMBERT, I. B., SATO T., 1974, ECON. GEOL. V. 69 P. 1216LAMBERT, I. B., SATO, T., 1974, ECON. GEOL. V 69 P 1216