Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper, Lead
SecondarySilver, Sulfur, Antimony, Bismuth, Cadmium, Gold
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1600
Discovery year800
Identification
Deposit ID10207387
Alternate namesHosokura Mine
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.57854, 140.48864
References
MINING MAG 9-76 V133 N09 P24575 E/MJ DIRECTORY OF MINESENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OFMINING 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 ORELEADS FROM JAPAN. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 70, 1975, PP. 800-805.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. WHERE JAPAN'S LEAD-ZINCMINES AND SMELTERS ARE LOCATED. NOVEMBER 1971, PP. 122-129.