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

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.3818, 140.71527

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Secondary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Gypsum, Quartz
Orebody form: BEDS
Discovery year: 1860

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Basalt
Associated rock:Nishikurosawa Formation-Volcanics And Pyroclastics;Other Green Tuff Horizons
Associated type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure:Hokuroku Basin, Rhyolite Domes

References

MRDSW018902
DEP10073088
Reference{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}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G.