Kuroko-type deposit (English)

...According to statistics for 1980, 64% of copper, 60% of lead, 37% of zinc, 43% of gold, and 56% of silver produced in domestic mines were produced from kuroko deposits. There are many similar deposits in other countries, and they are called kuroko-type deposits. Large deposits are found in the Canadian Shield, the Appalachian orogen, and the Paleozoic orogen in Australia, and there are also several examples in the late Mesozoic to Cenozoic orogens in the Philippines, Turkey, Fiji, and other places.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "kuroko-type deposit" is listed below.

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…1980年度の統計では，国内鉱山産の銅64％，鉛60％，亜鉛37％，金43％，銀56％が黒鉱鉱床から産出した。外国にも類似の鉱床が数多くあり，黒鉱型鉱床kuroko‐type depositと呼ばれる。カナダ楯状地，アパラチア造山帯，オーストラリアの古生代造山帯には大鉱床を産するほか，フィリピン，トルコ，フィジーなどの中生代末～新生代の造山帯にもいくつかの例が知られている。…

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