Mine detail: Ainai Zn - Cu - Pb - Pyrite Mine

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Location: Akita, Japan, Asia
Lat / long: 40.3818, 140.71527
dep_id: 10073088
mrds_id: W018902
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Minor mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Gypsum, Quartz
orebody_fm: BEDS
ore_ctrl: Associated With Rhyolite Domes
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Basalt
arock_unit: Nishikurosawa Formation-Volcanics And Pyroclastics;Other Green Tuff Horizons
arock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure: Hokuroku Basin, Rhyolite Domes
disc_yr: 1860
References:
  • Deposit:: ISHIKAWA, Y., YANAGISAWA, Y., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE AINAI MINE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SYNGENETIC ORIGIN OF THE DAIKOKU DEPOSITS; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL., MINING GEOL. SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 6 P. 79 - 87
  • Deposit:: LAMBERT, I. B., SATO, T., 1974, THE KUROKO AND ASSOCIATED ORE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN: A REVIEW OF THEIR FEATURES AND METALLOGENESIS; ECON. GEOL. V. 69 P. 1215 - 1236
  • Production:: ISHIKAWA, Y., YANAGISAWA, Y., 1974, JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL. SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 6 P. 79
  • Reserve-Resource:: LAMBERT, I. B., SATO, T., 1974, ECON. GEOL. V. 69 P. 1216
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