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Kitano-o Gold Prospect:
Geological Model
JAPAN
GOLD
CORK
KITANO-O EPITHERMAL GOLD PROSPECT
CONCEPTUAL LONG SECTION
The >96,000 oz gold mined at surface was deposited by lateral outflow
during deposition of the sinter apron and interpreted to be from a boiling zone
in the eastern part of the prospect.
West Kitano-o
Epithermal
Au-Ag-Hg stockwork
Hydrothermal eruption breccia
East Kitano-o
DV
350.0m
403.2m
200T
Lateral outflow (sinter+gold deposition)
AD
o450.0m
536.4m
+
555.1m
+
unconformity
Basement
+
700.0m
44 4
4 44
Pal
+
+
mixed layer clay
+
Upflow
Graben
margin
fault
JAPAN
GOLD
CORP.
m (approx.)
LITHOLOGY
200
Silica sinter apron
Water-table controlled silicification
Rhyolitic subvolcanic intrusion
Rhyolite flow dome & associated
volcanic (talus) breccia
Rhyolite volcaniclastics
& volcanic breccia
Volcaniclastic marker horizon
Lower volcanic breccia (fragmental)
Basement rock (Cretaceous)
Bonanza zone
Epithermal
boiling zone
Epithermal vein
Historic shallow open pit workings
父
Fault
Drill hole
Figure modified from Sillitoe, 1992. Appraisal of Epithermal Gold Prospects and Exploration Approach in the Northern Hokkaido Area, Japan
This model is largely based on Dr Sillitoe's observations at the Kitano-o Mine area on Japan Gold's Ikutahara Project
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