Mine detail: Hishikari Mine

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Location: Japan, Asia
Lat / long: 32.00576, 130.68785
dep_id: 10021691
mrds_id: DE00945
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Acanthite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Hematite, Hessite, Marcasite, Miargyrite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Reporter: Cunningham, Charles G.
hrock_unit: Shimanto Supergroup
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Hishikari Andesites;Shishimans Dacites;Kurozonsan Dacites
arock_type: Dacite
disc_yr: 1981
References:
  • 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)
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