Mine detail: Hosokura Zn - Pb - Pyrite Mine

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Location: Miyagi, Japan, Asia
Lat / long: 38.83187, 140.8653
dep_id: 10073093
mrds_id: W018907
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper, Cadmium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Neogene Sediments
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Rhyolite,Andesite
arock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
Year first produced: 1898
References:
  • Deposit:: SATO, M., ET AL, 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAPAN, 2ND ED.; JAP. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY P. 182
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS, 1953, DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN ASIA AND THE FAR EAST; UNITED NATIONS MINERAL RESOURCES DEVEL. SERIES, NO. 2 P. 332
  • Production:: E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1975. WORLD MINING 6-25-76 P. 126
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