| Lat / long: | 40.29847, 140.56528 |
| Primary: | Zinc, Lead, Copper |
| Secondary: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Gold |
| Ore: | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Marcasite, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Anhydrite, Gypsum, Quartz, Sericite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR TO CONCORDANT BEDS |
| Discovery year: | 1962 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1965 |
| Host type: | Mudstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite |
| Associated rock: | Shakani (Okuzu) Formation Pyroclastics, Mudstone, Rhyolite;Sainokami (Otaki) Formation Pyroclastics, Mudstone, Diabase;Other Green Tuff Horizons |
| Associated type: | Mudstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Hokuroku Basin |
| Alteration processes: | Sericite - Chlorite Facies |
| MRDS | W018913 |
| DEP | 10073097 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: OHTAGAKI, T. ET. AL., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE SHAKANAI MINE, AKITA PREFECTURE; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOLOGISTS SPEC. ISS. NO 6 P 131 - 139}{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:: SATO, JUICHI, 1974, ORES AND ORE MINERALS FROM THE SHAKANAI MINE AKITA PREFECTURE, JAPAN; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOLOGISTS SPEC. ISS. NO. 6 P. 323 - 335}{Production:: OHTAGAKI, T. ET AL, 1974, JAP. SOC. MIN. GEOL. NO. 6 P. 131.}{Reserve-Resource:: LAMBERT AND SATO, 1974, ECON. GEOL. V 69 P 1216} |
| Reporter | Schruben, Paul G. |