The Otarunai district is situated at about 12km west of Sapporo city. On the relationships of ore bodies to quartz-porphyry and the paragenesis of ore minerals may come to the considerations as follows;
(1) The intrusive quartz-porphyry is closely connected with the geological structure, elongation of this body being parallel to the structual lines running N-S.
(2) The depostis and mineralized zones occur in the quartz-porphyry or its surrounding pyroclastic and normal sediments. Most significant are structual controls by the pre-ore quartz-porphyry. Among them, relative competency of rocks seems to be a chief factor on ore localization.
(3) The Otoyo mine is characterized by occurence of bismuthinite and cupper sulphosalts. This mineralogical association is similar to the lower part of the Toriyabe vein at the Teine mine, about 4km east of this deposits.
(4) On the other hand, the Tairyosawa, Inatoyo, Toyohiro and Takinosawa deposits have almost same characters. The predominant sulphides are pyrite, sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite. Especially, chalcopyrite within sphalerite occurs as emulsion blebs. Among these blebs, some parts are exsolution products, others being replacement. These characters are similar to of the Harima vein at the Toyoha mine, about 5km west of this deposits.
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