Mine detail: Nakatatsu Zn - Pb - Ag Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.0653, 136.61543

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Epidote, Garnet, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR CHIMNEY - LIKE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1894

Geology

Host rock:	Skarn, Limestone
Host type:	Skarn (Tactite),Limestone

References

MRDS	W018911
DEP	10089347
Reference	{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS, 1953, DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN ASIA AND THE FAR EAST; UNITED NATIONS MINERAL RESOURCES DEVEL. SERIES, NO. 2 P. 331}{Deposit:: SHIMAZAKI, H., 1975, THE RATIOS OF CU/ZN - PB OF PYROMETASOMATIC DEPOSITS IN JAPAN AND THEIR GENETICAL IMPLICATIONS; ECON. GEOL. V. 70 P. 717 - 724}{Reserve-Resource:: E/MJ INTL. DIR. 1975 P.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.