Mine detail: Hishikari Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.00576, 130.68785

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Acanthite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Hematite, Hessite, Marcasite, Miargyrite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year: 1981

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Shimanto Supergroup
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Hishikari Andesites;Shishimans Dacites;Kurozonsan Dacites
Associated type:Dacite

References

MRDSDE00945
DEP10021691
Reference{Deposit:: IZAWA, EIJI; URASHIMA, YUKITOSHI; IBARAKI, KENZO; SUZUKI, RYOICHI; YOKOYAMA, TAKEO; KAWASAKI, KIYOSHI; KOGA, AKITO; AND TAGUCHI, SACHIHIRO, (IN PRESS, 1989), THE HISHIKARI GOLD DEPOSIT: HIGH GRADE EPITHERMAL VEINS IN QUATERNARY VOLCANICS OF SOUTHERN KYUSHU, JAPAN: JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION.}{Deposit:: URASHIMA, YUKITOCHI; IBARAKI, KENZO; AND SUZUKI, RYOICHI, 1987, THE HISHIKARI GOLD DEPOSITS; IN GOLD DEPOSITS AND GEOTHERMAL FIELDS IN KYUSHU, THE SOCIETY OF MINING GEOLOGISTS OF JAPAN, GUIDEBOOK 2, P. 27-38.}{Deposit:: URASHIMA, YUKITOSHI AND IZAWA, EIJI, 1983, ORES FROM DRILLCORES OF THE HISHIKARI GOLD DEPOSIT (ABSTRACT), MINING GEOLOGY, V. 33, NO. 50 (IN JAPANESE).}{Production:: IZAWA AND OTHERS (IN PRESS 1989)}
ReporterCunningham, Charles G.