(Facility) Niihama Besshi Copper Refinery

Plant in Ehime, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255682
MAS/MILS ID 5880052002
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Niihama Besshi Copper Refinery
Alternate or previous names Niihame Copper Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 133.24888, 33.94872 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ehime(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Ehime

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 133.24888, 33.94872

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1973
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES, LTD, QUARTERLY SERVICE ISSUE 1,

  • Reserve-Resource

    COPPER, 1977, P. 3.52.

  • Reserve-Resource

    1978 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL

  • Reserve-Resource

    PROCESSING OPERATIONS.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - BESSHI (TOYO,

  • Deposit

    NIIHAMA), JAPAN. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007, OCT. 1990.

  • Deposit

    FOR INF., CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER,

  • Deposit

    CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-1995 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.