(Facility) Tamano Copper Refinery

Plant in Okayama, Japan with commodity Copper
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207892
MAS/MILS ID 5880312002
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Tamano Copper Refinery
Alternate or previous names Tamano Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 133.24887, 34.48199 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okayama(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Okayama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 133.24887, 34.48199

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1972
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hibi Kyodo Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL AND COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL COPPER

  • Deposit

    SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - TAMANO, JAPAN. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT J0290007, AUG. 1990. FOR INF., CONTACT S.W.

  • Deposit

    TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-95 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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