Mine detail: Hanaoka Pb - Zn Mines

Previously called 'Matsumine'

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Location: Akita, Japan, Asia
Lat / long: 40.29847, 140.56528
dep_id: 10073092
mrds_id: W018906
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Minor mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Gypsum, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR OR LENTICULAR CONCORDANT
ore_ctrl: Associated With Rhyolite Domes
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_unit: Hanaoka Formation Tuff, Lapilli Tuff, Tuff Breccia;Other Green Tuff Horizons
arock_type: Tuff
Structure: Hokuroko Basin, Hanaoka Kuroko Belt, Tsutsumizawa Fault
Year first produced: 1868
disc_yr: 1868
References:
  • 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:: TOSHIYA, I., TAKAHASHI, T., YOSHIZO, Y., 1974, SUBMARINE VOLCANIC - SEDIMENTARY FEATURES IN THE MATSUMINE KUROKO DEPOSITS, HANAOKA MINE JAPAN; JAP. SOC MINING GEOLOGISTS SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 6 P. 115 - 130
  • Deposit:: OGURA, YOSHI, 1972, GEOLOGY AND KUROKO ORE DEPOSIT OF THE HANAOKA - MATSUMINE MINE, NORTHERN JAPAN; INT. GEOL. CONG., 24TH , PROC. SECT 4, P. 318 - 325
  • Deposit:: TAKAHASHI, T., SUGA, K., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HANAOKA KUROKO BELT, AKITA PREFECTURE; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOLOGISTS SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 6 P. 101 - 113.
  • Production:: SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 213. TAKAMASHI, T., SUGA, K., 1974, JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL. SPEC. 155. 6 P. 101
  • Reserve-Resource:: LAMBERT, I. B., SATO T., 1974, ECON. GEOL. V 69 P. 1216
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