Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc
SecondarySilver, Lead, Gold
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1962
Discovery year1959
Identification
Deposit ID10231800
Alternate namesKosaka Mine, Uchinotai Deposit
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.32847, 140.7483
References
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