Fukui
Producer

Nakatatsu Zn - Pb - Ag Mine

Fukui, Japan
ZincSilverLead
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR CHIMNEY - LIKE
Ore controlBedding Planes, Faults, Especially At Contact Between Intrusives And Skarn - Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueEpidote, Garnet, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockSkarn (Tactite),Limestone · Skarn, Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1894
Identification
Deposit ID10089347
MRDS IDW018911
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.0653, 136.61544
References
UNITED NATIONS, 1953, DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN ASIA AND THE FAR EAST; UNITED NATIONS MINERAL RESOURCES DEVEL. SERIES, NO. 2 P. 331SHIMAZAKI, H., 1975, THE RATIOS OF CU/ZN - PB OF PYROMETASOMATIC DEPOSITS IN JAPAN AND THEIR GENETICAL IMPLICATIONS; ECON. GEOL. V. 70 P. 717 - 724E/MJ INTL. DIR. 1975 P.