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Geological investigation of hydrothermal alteration haloes in Toyoha geothermal field, Hakkaido

Abstract

In Toyoha geothermal field, the altered haloes are located along a tectonic line extending on a NW-SE direction along the Yunosawa River, east of the Toyoha Mine, a well known Neogene epithermal ore deposit. The investigation was carried out to clarify the stage of alteration, based on the altered haloes geologic structure, composition, and size. The Quaternary distribution at the eastern foot of Mt. Yotei was also studied. The field is covered by various kinds of Miocene sediments but the altered haloes are found only in an area covered by the Takinosawa formation and its older formations. Among the Yunosawa, Koyanagizawa and Takinosawa alteration haloes, the Yunosawa is the most important. It is composed of blocky silicified rock extending along a river and surrounding argillaceous rock. The silicified rock is composed primarily of quartz and subordinate alunite and opal, while the argillaceous rock consists chiefly of kaloin and is characterized by the occasional presence of sericite and montmorillinite. Fission-track and /sup 14/C methods were employed to determine the stage of alteration, but the results were unsatisfactory. The sublimation sulfur ore deposits in the Yunosawa and Koyanagizawa areas were comparatively small, but their original depositional features remain intact, indicating that geothermal  More>>
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1978
Product Type:
Journal Article
Report Number:
NP-23708
Reference Number:
ERA-04-049805; EDB-79-104094
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Chishitsu Chosajo Hokoku; (Japan); Journal Volume: 259
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; JAPAN; AGE ESTIMATION; ALUNITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HEAT FLOW; KAOLIN; MONTMORILLONITE; QUARTZ; QUATERNARY PERIOD; TECTONICS; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; ALUMINIUM SULFATES; ASIA; CENOZOIC ERA; CHALCOGENIDES; CLAYS; GEOLOGIC AGES; INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS; ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS; MINERALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; POTASSIUM SULFATES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SULFATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; 150202* - Geology & Hydrology of Geothermal Systems- Non-USA- (-1989)
OSTI ID:
6171035
Country of Origin:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: CCHHA
Submitting Site:
FIRL
Size:
Pages: 9-41
Announcement Date:
Sep 01, 1979

Citation Formats

Igarashi, T, Furukawa, Y, Sugawara, K, Nishimura, S, and Okabe, K. Geological investigation of hydrothermal alteration haloes in Toyoha geothermal field, Hakkaido. Japan: N. p., 1978. Web.
Igarashi, T, Furukawa, Y, Sugawara, K, Nishimura, S, & Okabe, K. Geological investigation of hydrothermal alteration haloes in Toyoha geothermal field, Hakkaido. Japan.
Igarashi, T, Furukawa, Y, Sugawara, K, Nishimura, S, and Okabe, K. 1978. "Geological investigation of hydrothermal alteration haloes in Toyoha geothermal field, Hakkaido." Japan.
@misc{etde_6171035,
title = {Geological investigation of hydrothermal alteration haloes in Toyoha geothermal field, Hakkaido}
author = {Igarashi, T, Furukawa, Y, Sugawara, K, Nishimura, S, and Okabe, K}
abstractNote = {In Toyoha geothermal field, the altered haloes are located along a tectonic line extending on a NW-SE direction along the Yunosawa River, east of the Toyoha Mine, a well known Neogene epithermal ore deposit. The investigation was carried out to clarify the stage of alteration, based on the altered haloes geologic structure, composition, and size. The Quaternary distribution at the eastern foot of Mt. Yotei was also studied. The field is covered by various kinds of Miocene sediments but the altered haloes are found only in an area covered by the Takinosawa formation and its older formations. Among the Yunosawa, Koyanagizawa and Takinosawa alteration haloes, the Yunosawa is the most important. It is composed of blocky silicified rock extending along a river and surrounding argillaceous rock. The silicified rock is composed primarily of quartz and subordinate alunite and opal, while the argillaceous rock consists chiefly of kaloin and is characterized by the occasional presence of sericite and montmorillinite. Fission-track and /sup 14/C methods were employed to determine the stage of alteration, but the results were unsatisfactory. The sublimation sulfur ore deposits in the Yunosawa and Koyanagizawa areas were comparatively small, but their original depositional features remain intact, indicating that geothermal activity continued until recently. Yunosawa is the most promising area as it is closely related to the tectonic line and also it has extraordinarily high ground temperature determined by a recent heat flow survey. Twenty-three references are provided.}
journal = []
volume = {259}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Japan}
year = {1978}
month = {Jan}
}