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Kosaka is a district of the so-called ‘kuroko’ (black ore) deposits. These rich accumulations of pyritic, lead-zinc-copper-silver ore are associated with submarine lava domes of Cainozoic age and, as they are not complicated by later folding or metamorphism, they have yielded much valuable information about the association between sulphide Mineralization and volcanism, that has proved critical to understanding of many other deposits in similar but more complicated environments.
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Horokoshi, E., Sato, T. (1970), Volcanic Activity and Ore Deposition in the Kosaka Mine In: Volcanism and Ore Genesis. (Tatsumi, T., ed.), University of Tokyo Press, 448pp. [A reasoned and full description of the district in English, containing a full bibliography of Japanese language literature on the district.]
Matsukuma, T., Horikoshi, E. (1970), Kuroko Deposits in Japan — A Review. In: Volcanism and Ore Genesis. ( Tatsumi, T., ed. ), University of Tokyo Press, 448 pp.
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Dixon, C.J. (1979). The Deposits of the Kosaka District — Japan. In: Atlas of Economic Mineral Deposits. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6511-2_31
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