Mine detail: Kamioka Zn - Pb Mines

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Location: Gifu, Japan, Asia
Lat / long: 36.34862, 137.29875
dep_id: 10107325
mrds_id: W018908
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver, Cadmium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Wollastonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR CHIMNEY - LIKE
ore_ctrl: Bedding Planes, Faults, Especially At Contact Between Intrusives And Skarn - Limestone
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Skarn, Limestone
hrock_type: Skarn (Tactite),Limestone
Year first produced: 1600
References:
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS, 1953, DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN ASIA AND THE FAR EAST; U. N. ECON. COMM. FOR ASIA AND FAR EAST, MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 2 P. 331
  • Deposit:: SATO, M., 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAPAN, 2ND EDITION; JAP. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 181-182
  • 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
  • Production:: E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1975. RAUSCH & MARIACHER, 1968, AIME SYMP PB - ZN, V. 1 P. 942
  • Reserve-Resource:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET 3-21-74 P. 7
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