| Deposit ID | 10207387 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 5880240001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hosokura |
| Alternate or previous names | Hosokura Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 140.48864, 38.57854 (WGS84) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Miyagi(province)
Japan(country)
Asia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Japan | Miyagi |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Secondary |
| Bismuth Critical | Secondary |
| Cadmium | Secondary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Sulfur | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Stibnite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | 140.48864, 38.57854 |
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 800 |
| Mining method | Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings |
| Year of first production | 1600 |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mitsubishi Metal Corp |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Japan |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hosokura Mining Co, Ltd |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Japan |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Measured | 10700000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 10700000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 10700000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 5880240001 |
MINING MAG 9-76 V133 N09 P245
75 E/MJ DIRECTORY OF MINES
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF
MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. JAPAN. MCGRAW-
HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1978, P. 305.
MINING MAGAZING. ASIA. JAPAN. JANUARY 1979, P. 59.
MARUYAMA, SADAO, AND NORITAKA, SATO. GEOLOGY AND EXPLORA-
TION OF THE KUROKO DEPOSITS IN JAPAN. AIME WORLD SYMPO-
SIUM ON MINING AND METALLURGY OF LEAD AND ZINC. V. 1,
1970, PP. 171-194.
SATO, KAZUO. UNILATERAL ISOTOPIC VARIATION OF MIOCENE ORE
LEADS FROM JAPAN. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 70, 1975, PP. 800-
805.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. WHERE JAPAN'S LEAD-ZINC
MINES AND SMELTERS ARE LOCATED. NOVEMBER 1971, PP. 122-
129.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE BODY CONSISTS OF OVER 100 INTERSECTING ORE FILLED FISSURES OVER AN AREA 5 KM BY 4 KM. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Gazdik | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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