Commodities
TertiaryMercury, Sulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlFault Tuff - Chert Contact Forms Locus At Which Ore Occurrsin Intermittent Pockets
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Pyrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiabase,Chert
Associated rockDiabase,Peridotite,Serpentinite
StructureSmall - Scale Faults Forming At Contacts; Strike - Nearly E-W, Dipping To M In General
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10098435
MRDS IDM053039
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.87373, 134.52385
References
KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU, JAPAN," BULL. GEOL. SUR. JAPAN VOL. 13 NO. 3MIZUHARA, G., 1958 , "TOKUSHIMA - KEN YUKI MERCURY MINE INVEST. REPORT" PROPERTY OF K. YUKIYAMADA, M., INOUYE, S., 1954 , "REPORT OF INVESTIGATION OF LIMESTONE DEPOSITS OF TOKASHIMA PREFECTIVE, NAGA - GUN & SHOBU - GUN,"GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONTHLY, VOL. 5 NO. 11KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , JOUR. GEOL. SUR. JAP.