(Facility) Naoshima Copper Refinery

Plant in Kagawa, Japan with commodity Copper
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134208
MAS/MILS ID 5880172001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Naoshima Copper Refinery
Alternate or previous names Naoshima Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 134.36554, 34.4654 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kagawa(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Kagawa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 134.36554, 34.4654

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mitsubishi Metal Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1978

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Copper Anode @ 94% Capacity Use 153500 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 94wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Description Copper Anode @ 94% Capacity Use 152700 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 94wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Description Copper Anode @ 97% Capacity Use 158400 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 158400mt 97wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Description Copper Anode @ 100% Capacity Use 163800 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 163800mt 100wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Description Copper Anode @ 88% Capacity Use 142900 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 142900mt 88wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES, REFINERY PROFILE NAOSHIMA

  • Production

    REFINERY, AUGUST 6, 1986, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,

  • Deposit

    OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR SMELTING AND

  • Deposit

    REFINING OPERATIONS - NAOSHIMA, JAPAN. BUMINES CONTRACT

  • Deposit

    J0290007, AUG. 1990. FOR INF., CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO,

  • Deposit

    BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS OF 6/23/94, NO CURRENT INFORMATION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-OCT-1996 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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