Mine detail: Matsuki Zn-Pb-Cu Mines

Previously called 'Matsuki and Takadate'

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Location: Akita, Japan, Asia
Lat / long: 40.2818, 140.56528
dep_id: 10073095
mrds_id: W018910
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Gypsum, Quartz
other_matl: Barite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR TO CONCORDANT BEDS
alteration: Ore Is In A Chlorite - Sericite Zone
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_unit: Okuzu Formation Pumiceous Tuff, Mudstone, Rhyolite;Other Green Tuff Horizons
arock_type: Tuff
Structure: Hokuroku Basin, Matsuki Fault And Others
Year first produced: 1973
disc_yr: 1963
discr: Mitsubishi Metal Mining Co.
References:
  • 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
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