Ehime
Producer

Ikadatsu Mine

Ehime, Japan
CopperSulfurMercury
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Commodities
SecondaryCopper, Sulfur
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlShubarutsuite Occurs In Small Amounts Filling Fractures Within The Ore Body Near Its Contacts, Esp. Upper Contact.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueChlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist
Associated rockTuff,Felsic Volcanic Rock,Andesite
StructureReverse Fault Complicates Ore Body
AlterationSilicification On Upper & Lower Boundary Of Deposit
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10106910
MRDS IDM053043
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates33.83206, 133.38221
References
KISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , "MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SHIKOKU, JAPAN", BULL. GEOL SUR. JAPAN VOL. 13 NO. 3OFFICE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JAPAN, 1956 , JAPANESE MINING MAGAZINE, BI - BKISHIMOTO, F., 1962 , JOUR. GEOL. SUR. JAPAN