(Facility) Naoshima Smelter

Plant in Tokyo, Japan with commodity Lead, Refiner
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207757
MAS/MILS ID 5880401048
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Naoshima Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 139.74871, 35.66538 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tokyo(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Tokyo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead, Refiner Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 139.74871, 35.66538

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mitsubishi Cominco Smelting Co. Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1977

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Description Lead Metal 35000 Mt Lead/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead, Refiner Lead 35000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Lead Metal 39000 Mt Lead/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead, Refiner Lead 39000mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    *CRU MONITOR, JAN. 1994, P. 7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1-94: PLANT WILL CLOSE INDEFINITELY FROM APRIL 1. SOME OF THE LEAD FACILITIES WILL BE CONVERTED FOR USE IN ITS ADJACENT COPPER OPERATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-MAY-1994 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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