Mine detail: Kuga

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Location: Yamaguchi, Japan, Asia
Lat / long: 34.0562, 131.99668
dep_id: 10024802
mrds_id: ISM0554
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
Reporter: Sinclair, W.David
hrock_unit: Kuga Group
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Axial Crest Of Anticlinorium
tectonic: Mesozoic-Cenozoic Orogenic Belt
disc_yr: 1580
References:
  • Deposit:: HIGASHIMOTO, S., 1977, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE KUGA MINE, SOUTHWEST JAPAN, JAPAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN, VOL. 28, P. 775-793. (IN JAPANESE)
  • Production:: PA1: ROSKIL* LETTER FROM JAPAN, NO. 11, MARCH 1977, P. 4.; NO. 27, JULY 1 978, P. 2; NO. 60, APRIL 1981, P. 6. PC1: ROSKIL* LETTER FROM JAPAN, NO. 1, MARCH 1977, P. 4; NO. 27, JULY 197 8, P. 2; NO. 60, APRIL 1981, P. 6.
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