Mine detail: Iwato

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Location: Kagoshima, Japan, Asia
Lat / long: 31.27386, 130.31565
dep_id: 10107439
mrds_id: W700014
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Alunite, Calcite, Goethite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Quartz
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Silicic, Argillic, Propylitic
ore_ctrl: Fissures
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, P. 18-19.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 64.
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