Mine detail: Matsuo Mine

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Location: Iwate, Japan, Asia
Lat / long: 36.95377, 138.85251
dep_id: 10040016
mrds_id: M053020
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur, Iron
Trace mineral: Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Cinnabar, Orpiment, Sulfur
gangue: Opal
ore_ctrl: 4th Ore Body; Agglomerate Of Fine Powder .1 - 10 M Wide At Contact Between Fine-Textured Iron Sulfides And Coarse-Grained Pyrite. Also Occurs As Thin Veins In Crush Zone (N 20 Deg W) Approx. 35 M Long.
Reporter: Roddy, Stephen J.
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