Mine detail: Furutobe Cu - Zn - Pb Mine

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Location: Akita, Japan, Asia
Lat / long: 40.39847, 140.71527
dep_id: 10073090
mrds_id: W018904
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper, Zinc, Lead, Sulfur
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold, Cadmium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Bornite, Gypsum, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: FUNNEL - SHAPED, BED OR MASSIVE
ore_ctrl: Associated With Rhyolitic Lava Domes
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_unit: Nishikurosawan Stage Volcanics, Pyroclastics;Other Green Tuff Horizons
arock_type: Tuff
Structure: Hokuroku Basin
disc_yr: 1959
discr: Mitsubishi Metal Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: TANAKA, T., ET AL, 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE FURUTOBE MINE, AKITA PREFECTURE; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL., MINING GEOL. SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 6 P. 67 - 78
  • Deposit:: LAMBERT, I. B., SATO, T., 1974, THE KUROKO AND ASSOCIATED ORE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN: A REVIEW OF THEIR FEATURES AND METALLOGENESIS; ECON. GEOL. V 69 P. 1215 - 1236
  • Deposit:: 1959 DIREXPL MITSUBISHI - YUNOSAWA DEP. FOUN
  • Production:: TANAKA, T. ET AL, 1974, GEOL. OF FURUTOBE P. 67
  • Reserve-Resource:: WORLD MINING 6-25-76 P. 126. LAMBERT, I. B., SATO, T., 1974, KUROKO DEP. P. 1216
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