Ube Plant Ti

Plant in Yamaguchi, Japan with commodity Titanium, Pigment
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304989
MAS/MILS ID 5880458001
Record type Site
Current site name Ube Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 131.24892, 33.9654 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yamaguchi(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Yamaguchi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 131.24892, 33.9654

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1948
Year of first production 1948
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Sulfide

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Inabata And Co.
    Interest 8.7
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Titan Kogyo
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Description 10000
  • Year 1987
    Description 13200
  • Year 1992
    Description Pigment Capacity 16800 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 16800mt

Comments on the production information

  • PLANT PRODUCES ANATASE AND RUTILE TYPE PIGMENTS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SULFATE PLANT.

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEEDSTOCK- ILMENTIE, MALAYSIA; ILMENITE, AUSTRALIA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SRI INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEWS WITH TITAN KOGYO STAFF.

  • Deposit

    JAPANESE JOURNALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-96 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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