| Location: | Akita, Japan, Asia |
| Lat / long: | 40.32847, 140.74832 |
| dep_id: | 10073094 |
| mrds_id: | W018909 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Zinc, Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Barite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Gypsum, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| ore_ctrl: | Associated With White Rhyolite Domes. |
| Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G. |
| hrock_type: | Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite |
| arock_unit: | Uwamuki Formation Tuff Breccia (Nishikurosawa Formation);Other Green Tuff Horizons |
| arock_type: | Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Hokuroku Basin, Hanawa Fault, Ashinazawa Fault |
| Year first produced: | 1884 |
| disc_yr: | 1861 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: OSHIMA, T., ET AL, 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE KOSAKA MINE, AKITA PREFECTURE; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL., MINING GEOL. SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 6 P. 89 - 100
- 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
- Production:: SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 213. OSHIMA T. ET AL, 1974, JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL. NO. 6 P. 94
- Reserve-Resource:: OSHIMA, T. ET AL., 1974, JAP. SOC. MINING GEOL. NO. 6 P. 94. LAMBERT, I. B., SATO, T., 1974, ECON. GEOL. V. 69 P. 1216
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