Mine detail: Matsuki Zn-Pb-Cu Mines

Previously called 'Matsuki and Takadate'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.2818, 140.56528

Resource(M)

Primary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR TO CONCORDANT BEDS
Other material:	Barite
Discovery year:	1963

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1973

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Okuzu Formation Pumiceous Tuff, Mudstone, Rhyolite;Other Green Tuff Horizons
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Hokuroku Basin, Matsuki Fault And Others
Alteration processes:	Ore Is In A Chlorite - Sericite Zone

References

MRDS	W018910
DEP	10073095
Reference	{Deposit:: SATO, N., KUSAKA, H., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE MATSUKI MINE, OHDATE CITY, AKITA PREFECTURE; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL. SPEC. ISS. NO. 6 P 141 - 146}{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:: 1963 DIREXPL MITSUBISHI - DRILLING SINCE 1960 - ORE FOUN}{Production:: LAMBERT, I. B., SATO T., 1974, ECON. GEOL. V. 69 P. 1216}{Reserve-Resource:: LAMBERT, I. B., SATO, T., 1974, ECON. GEOL. V 69 P 1216}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.