| Deposit ID | 10231528 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 5880081001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | (Facility) Onahama Copper Smelter |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 140.88196, 36.96533 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 10 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fukushima(province)
Japan(country)
Asia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Japan | Fukushima |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gypsum-Anhydrite | Tertiary |
| Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Tertiary |
| Plant (1) | 140.88196, 36.96533 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | Yes |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mitsubishi Metal Corp. |
| Interest | 49.3 |
| Home office | Japan |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Furukawa Co. |
| Interest | 7.8 |
| Home office | Japan |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Furukawa Electric Wire And Cable Co. |
| Interest | 4.2 |
| Home office | Japan |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mitsui Mining And Smelting Co. Ltd. |
| Interest | 4 |
| Home office | Japan |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dainichi Nippon Wire And Cable Co. |
| Interest | 2.1 |
| Home office | Japan |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Various Mitsubishi Subsidiaries |
| Interest | 3 |
| Home office | Japan |
| Year | 1989 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Anode 220700 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Anode 218400 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Anode 253200 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Copper Anode 241000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Anode 217900 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 5880081001 |
CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES SMELTER PROFILE, ONAHAMA SMELTER,
AUGUST 6, 1986, P. 1.
PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPEMENT OF ENGINEERING
OPERATING AND ENVIRIONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL
COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - ONAHAMA, JAPAN,
BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007; FOR INF., CONTACT S.W. TOWLE,
TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ONAHAMA SMELTER CONSISTS OF REVERBERATORY FURNACES FOR SMELTING COPPER CONCENTRATES, CONVENTIONAL PIERCE-SMITH CONVERTERS, ANODE FURNACES, THREE TANKHOUSES FOR THE PRO- DUCTION OF CATHODE COPPER, AND A FINE CASTING PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CAKES AND BILLETS. BY PRODUCTS INCLUDE SULFURIC ACID, GYPSUM, CRUDE NICKEL SULFATE, ANODE SLIMES, GRANULATEED SLAG, AND COPPER SULFATE. SMELTER CAPACITY IS 230,000 MTPA ANODE COPPER. AS OF JUNE 24, 1994, NO CURRENT INFORMATION HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THIS PROPERTY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-JUN-96 | Towle, Stewart W. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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