Description
Nippon Mining Co.
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Copper
SecondarySulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR TO CONCORDANT BEDS
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Marcasite, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueAnhydrite, Gypsum, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
Associated rockMudstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite · Shakani (Okuzu) Formation Pyroclastics, Mudstone, Rhyolite;Sainokami (Otaki) Formation Pyroclastics, Mudstone, Diabase;Other Green Tuff Horizons
StructureHokuroku Basin
AlterationSericite - Chlorite Facies
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1965
Discovery year1962
Identification
Deposit ID10073097
MRDS IDW018913
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.29847, 140.56528
References
OHTAGAKI, T. ET. AL., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE SHAKANAI MINE, AKITA PREFECTURE; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOLOGISTS SPEC. ISS. NO 6 P 131 - 139LAMBERT 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 - 1236SATO, JUICHI, 1974, ORES AND ORE MINERALS FROM THE SHAKANAI MINE AKITA PREFECTURE, JAPAN; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOLOGISTS SPEC. ISS. NO. 6 P. 323 - 335OHTAGAKI, T. ET AL, 1974, JAP. SOC. MIN. GEOL. NO. 6 P. 131.LAMBERT AND SATO, 1974, ECON. GEOL. V 69 P 1216