Gifu
Producer

Kamioka Zn - Pb Mines

Gifu, Japan
ZincLeadSilverCadmium
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver, Cadmium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formIRREGULAR CHIMNEY - LIKE
Ore controlBedding Planes, Faults, Especially At Contact Between Intrusives And Skarn - Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueEpidote, Garnet, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockSkarn (Tactite),Limestone · Skarn, Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1600
Identification
Deposit ID10107325
MRDS IDW018908
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.34862, 137.29875
References
UNITED NATIONS, 1953, DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN ASIA AND THE FAR EAST; U. N. ECON. COMM. FOR ASIA AND FAR EAST, MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 2 P. 331SATO, M., 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAPAN, 2ND EDITION; JAP. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 181-182SHIMAZAKI, 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. DIRECTORY 1975. RAUSCH & MARIACHER, 1968, AIME SYMP PB - ZN, V. 1 P. 942AMERICAN METAL MARKET 3-21-74 P. 7