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Nakatatsu

Producer in Fukui, Japan with commodities Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288317
MAS/MILS ID 5880060001
Record type Site
Current site name Nakatatsu
Alternate or previous names Nakatatsu Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 136.59877, 35.79864 (WGS84)
Elevation 630
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fukui(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Fukui

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cadmium Tertiary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 136.59877, 35.79864
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 150M
    Length 80M
    Width 21M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 830726

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GALENA IS SILVER BEARING
  • THE NAKATATSU MINE PRODUCES FROM THREE SEPARATE ORE BODIES NAMED, FROM EAST TO WEST, NAKAYMA, HITOKATA, AND SENNO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1200
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings
Year of first production 1934

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nippon Zinc Mining Co Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • AN EARLIER PERIOD OF MINOR PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1968-1912. IN 1934 THE MITSUI GROUP BOUGHT THE MINE AND FORMED THE NIPPON MINING CO. TO OPERATE IT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RECENT DATA.
  • MINE RECOVERY IS 90%; DILUTION IS 10%.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Recovery 100
    Slope of Inclines 14
    Number of Inclines 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 1401
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 22.67
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 274
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAG 9-76 V133 N09 P245

  • Deposit

    1980 E/MJ DIRECTORY OF MINES

  • Deposit

    TATSUMI, T. ED, VOLCANISM AND ORE GENESIS PYROMETASOMATIC

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS IN JAPAN AND KOREA, NAKATATSU MINE, UNIV. OF

  • Deposit

    TOKYO PRESS, 1970.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-89 Gazdik U.S. Bureau of Mines

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