| Location: | Akita, Japan, Asia |
| Lat / long: | 40.29847, 140.56528 |
| dep_id: | 10073097 |
| mrds_id: | W018913 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Lead, Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Gold |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Marcasite, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Anhydrite, Gypsum, Quartz, Sericite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR TO CONCORDANT BEDS |
| alteration: | Sericite - Chlorite Facies |
| Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G. |
| hrock_type: | Mudstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite |
| arock_unit: | Shakani (Okuzu) Formation Pyroclastics, Mudstone, Rhyolite;Sainokami (Otaki) Formation Pyroclastics, Mudstone, Diabase;Other Green Tuff Horizons |
| arock_type: | Mudstone,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Hokuroku Basin |
| Year first produced: | 1965 |
| disc_yr: | 1962 |
| discr: | Nippon Mining Co. |
| References: |
- Deposit:: OHTAGAKI, T. ET. AL., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE SHAKANAI MINE, AKITA PREFECTURE; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOLOGISTS SPEC. ISS. NO 6 P 131 - 139
- 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:: SATO, JUICHI, 1974, ORES AND ORE MINERALS FROM THE SHAKANAI MINE AKITA PREFECTURE, JAPAN; JAP. SOC. MINING GEOLOGISTS SPEC. ISS. NO. 6 P. 323 - 335
- Production:: OHTAGAKI, T. ET AL, 1974, JAP. SOC. MIN. GEOL. NO. 6 P. 131.
- Reserve-Resource:: LAMBERT AND SATO, 1974, ECON. GEOL. V 69 P 1216
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