| Deposit ID | 10231812 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 5880090003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mozumi Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Kamioka Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 137.33205, 36.33192 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 400 |
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gifu(province)
Japan(country)
Asia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Japan | Gifu |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | 137.33205, 36.33192 |
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1589 |
| Mining method | Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings |
| Year of first production | 1874 |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Gifu |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | Mitsui Mining And Smelting Co. Ltd. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Japan |
| Year | 1989 |
| Year | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Description | Zinc And Lead Input- 5.71% And .68%; Output Is 56.2% And 66% Respectively 328799 Mt Ore/Yr | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 5880090003 |
AKIYAMA, S., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE KAMIOKA MINE,
CENTRAL JAPAN, INTERNAL PUBLICATION BY GEOLOGY AND RE-
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF
MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, MCGRAW-HILL,
1980.
METALS WEEK, SEPT. 21, 1981, P.6.
MINING JOURNAL, MAY 4, 1979.
MINING JOURNAL, AUG. 21, 1981, P. 135.
MITSUI MINING AND SMELTING CO. LTD., INTERNAL COMPANY PUBLI-
CATIONS AND BROCHURES.
NIGHTINGALE, W.G., ED., FINANCIAL TIMES MINING INTERNATIONAL
YEARBOOK, LONGMAN, LONDON.
RAUSCH, D.O., ET AL, EDS., LEAD-ZINC UPDATE, TRACKLESS MIN-
ING OPERATION AT KAMIOKA MINE, HIGASHI, N., ET AL, AIMM
& P ENGINEERS, INC., N.Y., 1977.
RAUSCH, D.O., ET AL, EDS., LEAD-ZINC UPDATE, AUTOMATIC CON-
TROL OF LEAD-ZINC FLOTATION OPERATION AND INTEGRATED
RECYCLING OF WASTEWATER AT KAMIOKA CONCENTRATORS, ISHI-
ZU, A., ET AL, AIMM & P ENGINEERS, INC., N.Y., 1977.
TATSUMI, T., ED., VOLCANISM AND ORE GENESIS, PYROMETASOMATIC
DEPOSITS IN JAPAN AND KOREA-KAMIOKA MINE, GIFU PREFEC-
TURE, IMAI, H. ET AL, UNIV. OF TOKYO PRESS, TOKYO, 1970
PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH MITSUI PERSONNEL: KAMIOKA AND
TOKYO.
MINING MAG 9-76 V133 NO9 P245.
75 E/MJ DIRECTORY OF MINING
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BISMUTH AND CADMIUM ARE RECOVERABLE PRODUCTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 19-SEP-1991 | Difrancesco, Carl A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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