Mine detail: Hosokura Zn - Pb - Pyrite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.83187, 140.8653

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Cadmium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	VEIN

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1898

Geology

Host rock:	Neogene Sediments
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite

References

MRDS	W018907
DEP	10073093
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.