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Hitachi Mine

Plant in Ibaraki, Japan with commodities Copper, Sulfur, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134143
MAS/MILS ID 5880140001
Record type Site
Current site name Hitachi Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 140.39868, 36.34865 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ibaraki(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Ibaraki

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 140.39868, 36.34865
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 910520

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Mining method Open Stope - Other Open Stope Methods
Year of first production 1967
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hitachi Mining Co. Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nippon Mining Co., Ltd. (Owner Of Hitachi Mining Co. Ltd.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HITACHI-OPERATOR/NIPPON-OWNER: NO PEFR COULD BE FOUND FOR THIS PROPERTY. RESERVE/RESOURCE DATA WERE ALSO LOST. THIS PROPERTY WAS EVALUATED IN THE 1986 SULFUR STUDY.
  • NO CONTRACTOR DEPOSIT REPORT, PROPERTY EVALUATION, AND ETD WERE PREFORMED. NO Q-MATRIX DATA WAS AVAILABLE FOR DATA ENTRY.
  • RESOURCE RECORDS 1, 3,4,5,6 AND 7 ENTERED BY IFOC EVALUATOR. NO PUBLISHED DATA ON RESOURCES WAS FOUND FOR THE 1991 UPDATE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OTHER OPEN STOPE METHODS
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Year of Information 1984

Comments on other economic factors

  • ACTUAL MINING METHODS ARE COMBINED OVERHAND AND UNDERHAND STOPING.
  • ORE FEED GRADES ARE PUBLISHED DATA. SEE THE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. JAPAN. MCGRAW-

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINING. JAPAN. AUGUST 1971, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. TABLE B - 1126 MINES ACCOUNTING FOR 90 PER

  • Deposit

    CENT OF ALL OUTPUT OTHER THAN COAL. V. 133, NO. 9, 1975,

  • Deposit

    P. 245.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER. COMPANIES BY COUNTRY. JAPAN. MILLER

  • Deposit

    FREEMAN, INC., SAN FRANCISCO, 1977, P. 104.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING YEARBOOK CATALOG, SURVEY AND DIRECTORY NUMBER.

  • Deposit

    JAPAN. JUNE 1966, P. 97.

  • Deposit

    JAPAN. JUNE 1974, P. 114.

  • Deposit

    MARUYAMA, SADAO, AND NORITAKA, SATO. GEOLOGY AND EXPLORA-

  • Deposit

    TION OF THE KUROKO DEPOSITS IN JAPAN. AIME WORLD SYMPO-

  • Deposit

    SIUM ON MINING AND METALLURGY OF LEAD AND ZINC. V. 1,

  • Deposit

    1970, PP. 171-194.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. WHERE JAPAN'S COPPER MINES

  • Deposit

    AND SMELTERS ARE LOCATED. NOVEMBER 1971, P. 104-113.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL. FLASH SMELTER FOR HITACHI. 1972, P. 485.

  • Deposit

    KASE, K. SULFIDE MINERALS AND THEIR ASSEMBLAGES OF THE

  • Deposit

    BESSHI DEPOSIT- STUDIES ON SULFIDE MINERALS IN METAMOR-

  • Deposit

    PHOSED ORES OF THE BESSHI AND HITACHI COPPER DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

    MINING GEOLOGY, V. 27, 1977, PP. 355-365.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO CONTRACTOR DEPOSIT REPORT WAS DONE. THIS OPERATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SULFUR AVAILABILITY STUDY OF 1984, 85. HITACHI IS THE LARGEST PYRITE PRODUCER IN JAPAN, AS OF 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-94 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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