Hanawa Mine

Past Producer in Akita, Japan with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257201
MAS/MILS ID 5880020014
Record type Site
Current site name Hanawa Mine
Alternate or previous names Hanawa

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 140.7653, 40.21517 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Akita(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Akita

Comments on the location information

  • THE LAT/LONG DATA IS FOR THE TOWN NAMED HANAWA IN AKITA PREFECTURE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 140.7653, 40.21517

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanawa Mining Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REFERENCE 017019 INDICATES THE SIZE OF THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

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    MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. JAPAN. MCGRAW-

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    HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1978, P. 305.

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    MINING MAGAZINE. TABLE B - 1021 MINES ACCOUNTING FOR 90

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    PER CENT OF ALL OUTPUT OTHER THAN COAL. V. 127, NO. 3,

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    1972, P. 30.

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    SATO, KAZUO. UNILATERAL ISOTOPIC VARIATION OF MIOCENE ORE

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    LEADS FROM JAPAN. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 70, 1975, PP. 800-

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    805.

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    IKI, SHOJI. KUROKO BRINGS REVIVAL TO JAPAN'S DOMESTIC

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    MINING. WORLD MINING, APRIL 1967, PP. 12-14.

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    OBARA, K., OHTAGAKI, T., AND H. TAKAHASHI. GEOLOGY OF THE

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    HANAWA MINE, AKITA PREFECTURE. GEOLOGY OF KUROKO DE-

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    POSITS, 1974, PP. 157-168.

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    WORLD MINING. JAPAN'S KUROKO BOOM. APRIL 1967, P. 11.

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    LAMBERT, I. B., AND T. SATO. THE KUROKO AND ASSOCIATED ORE

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    DEPOSITS OF JAPAN: A REVIEW OF THEIR FEATURES AND METAL-

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    LOGENESIS. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 69, 1974, PP. 1215-1236.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INITIAL FUNDING WAS FOR COPPER, BUT WAS LATER FOUND TO BE INSIG. FOR CU, PB, AND ZN. TURNED OVER TO SULFUR. 1980, THE MINE WILL SUSTAIN PRODUCTION AT CURRENT RATES (8200 MTPM) FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. GRADE IS ASSUMED TO BE THE SAME AS CURRENT MINE PRODUCTION. OPERATION WAS CLOSED IN SEPT 86 ACCORDING TO THE COUNTRY SPECIALIST, 02/18/88.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JAN-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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