(Facility) Onahama Copper Refinery

Plant in Fukushima, Japan with commodities Copper, Selenium
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 10231798
MAS/MILS ID 5880082001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Onahama Copper Refinery
Alternate or previous names Onahama Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 140.88196, 36.96533 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fukushima(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Fukushima

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Selenium Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 140.88196, 36.96533

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 1965
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Toho Zinc Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1978

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Copper Cathode 176700 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 176700mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Copper Cathode 189800 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 189800mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Copper Cathode 202100 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 202100mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Copper Cathode 189600 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 189600mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Copper Cathode 158600 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 158600mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • JV OWNERSHIP. THREE TANKHOUSES. NO. 3 JUMBO TKS HAZELETT ANODE CONCAST PLANT BILLITS & CAKES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES REFINERY PROFILE, ONAHAMA REFINERY,

  • Production

    AUGUST 6, 1986, P. 1.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - ONAHAMA,

  • Deposit

    JAPAN. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007, AUG. 1990. FOR INF.,

  • Deposit

    CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS OF JUNE 24, 1994, NO CURRENT INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LOCATED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-1995 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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