Yanahara Mine

Producer in Okayama, Japan with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021454
MRDS ID DE00128
Record type Site
Current site name Yanahara Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 138.85251, 36.95377 (WGS84)
Relative position No latitude-longitude reported. Given lat-lon is for centroid of first order political subdivision boundary.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okayama(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Okayama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 138.85251, 36.95377

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 150,000 AND 300,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 51

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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