Shirataki

Japan· KochiUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
1.30%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
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Overview

Massive, banded, impregnated ores. Besshi-type. Shirataki 4000 m x 1000 m, Okawa-Kamiko 600 m x 200 m, Okawa-Shimoko 6500 m x 200 m, Komochi 700 m x 300 m, Shiragayama 3000 m x 50 m. Overturned anticline.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Pelite-mafic in mature oceanic backarc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1914

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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