| Deposit ID | 10183477 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 5880020013 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yoshino Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Yoshino |
| Geographic coordinates: | 140.41535, 38.33186 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Akita(province)
Japan(country)
Asia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Japan | Akita |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| (1) | 140.41535, 38.33186 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Yoshino Mining Co., Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Japan |
| Year | 1981 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 5880020013 |
SATO, KAZUO. UNILATERAL ISOTOPIC VARIATION OF MIOCENE ORE
LEADS FROM JAPAN. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 20, 1975, PP.
800-805.
IKI, SHOJI. KUROKO BRINGS REVIVAL TO JAPAN'S DOMESTIC
MINING. WORLD MINING, APRIL 1967, PP. 12-14.
WORLD MINING YEARBOOK CATALOG, SURVEY, AND DIRECTORY NUMBER.
JAPAN. JUNE 1974, P. 114.
WORLD MINING CATALOG, SURVEY, AND DIRECTORY NUMBER. JAPAN.
JUNE 1973.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF
MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. JAPAN. MCGRAW-
HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1976, P. 249.
ABE, M., DAIMARU, K., AND T. OSADA. GEOLOGY OF THE YOSHINO
MINE, YAMAGATA PREFECTURE. GEOLOGY OF KUROKO DEPOSITS,
1974, PP. 183-187.
SHIIKAWA, M., TONO, N. AND K. WASAKA. GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORA-
TION FOR KUROKO DEPOSITS IN NORTHEAST HONSHU, JAPAN. IN-
TERNATIONAL GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION SYMPOSIUM, ELSEVIER
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION COMPANY, NEW YORK, 1975, PP. 65-76.
WORLD MINING. JAPAN'S KUROKO BOOM. APRIL 1967, P. 11.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EARLY IN 1974, NIPPON MINING COMPANY CLOSED THE YOSHINO COPPER MINE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 19-JUL-94 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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