Mine detail: Furutobe Cu - Zn - Pb Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.39847, 140.71527

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Sulfur
Secondary:	Silver, Gold, Cadmium
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Bornite, Gypsum, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	FUNNEL - SHAPED, BED OR MASSIVE
Discovery year:	1959

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Nishikurosawan Stage Volcanics, Pyroclastics;Other Green Tuff Horizons
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Hokuroku Basin

References

MRDS	W018904
DEP	10073090
Reference	{Deposit:: TANAKA, T., ET AL, 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE FURUTOBE MINE, AKITA PREFECTURE; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL., MINING GEOL. SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 6 P. 67 - 78}{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}{Deposit:: 1959 DIREXPL MITSUBISHI - YUNOSAWA DEP. FOUN}{Production:: TANAKA, T. ET AL, 1974, GEOL. OF FURUTOBE P. 67}{Reserve-Resource:: WORLD MINING 6-25-76 P. 126. LAMBERT, I. B., SATO, T., 1974, KUROKO DEP. P. 1216}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.