Mine detail: Kamioka Zn - Pb Mines

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Location

Lat / long: 36.34862, 137.29875

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1600

Geology

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

References

MRDSW018908
DEP10107325
Reference{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}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G.