Ohmine Mine in Iwate-Prefecture, North-eastern Japan, comprise the contact metasomatic copper deposits, situated about 3/4 miles to the north-west of Sahinai Deposit, Kamaishi Mine, the largest contact metasomatic iron deposit, in Japan. The geological formation in the neighborhood of the Mine consist of slate, schalstein, hornfels and sandstone forming the paleozoic rocks and intruded by granodiorite and quartz-diorite. The deposits have developed in a band running approximately north to south at the contact zone of hornfels and stock-like granodiorite. The relative position of the deposit and adjacent rocks and the shape of the deposit are as shown in Figs. 1-4.
Silicificantion and skarnization have been especially remarkable in the ores. The skarn rocks may be classified into 3 types according to their mineral assemblage as follows:
1) Red skarn: Characterized by presence of garnet and composed of early skarn minerals, such as some diopside, hornblende, and wollastonite, containing a little of epidote.
2) Blue skarn: Mainly consiting of epidote, hornblende and chlorite, containing small quantities of garnet, diopside and quartz.
3) White skarn: Mainly consisting of quartz and calcite, containing a considerable quantity of epidote and a little of other skarns.
The order of formation of three above types is 1)→2)→3).
Type 2 and a part of 3 are products of hydrothermal stage. The copper ores accompany 2) in most cases, only a little being found with skarn types 1) and 3).
The following 9 ore minerals were proved to exist: pyrrhotit ?? chalcopyrite, pyrite, cubanite, violarite, pentlandite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite and magnetite.
As skarn and gangue minerals, the following were found: diopside, wollastonite, garnet, epidote, feldspar, chlorite, axinite, calcite, quartz and hisingerite.
The research on the paragenesis and the intergrowh of the ore minerals will be detailed in the next report.
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