Otani Mine

Producer in Kyoto, Japan with commodities Tungsten, Tin, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021661
MRDS ID DE00348
Record type Site
Current site name Otani Mine
Alternate or previous names Ootani, Ohtani, Otani-Kamsoka

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 135.74881, 35.03201 (WGS84)
Relative position KYOTO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kyoto(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Kyoto

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) 135.74881, 35.03201

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Quartz Veins Orrur In Greisenized Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1983

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Awamura Mining Co. Ltd.
    First year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^57.46% W
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 57wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^57.46% W
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 57wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Period 1974-1979
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^57.5 (Est)% W
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 58wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^57.46% W
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 57wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Period 1981
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^57.5 (Est.)% W
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 58wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL: AMOUNT IS AN ESTIMATE FOR THE YEARS 1977-1979. AVERAGE GRADE OF SCHEELITE CONCENTRATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 Pasitschniak, Anna Geological Survey of Canada

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.