Mine detail: Naganobori Cobalt Mine-Japan

Previously called 'Nagato Mine'

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Location: Yamaguchi, Japan, Asia
Lat / long: 34.33201, 131.33225
dep_id: 10105531
mrds_id: W006871
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Smaltite
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Limestone
References:
  • Deposit:: ANDREWS, R.W., 1962, COBALT: OVERSEAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION, LONDON, HER MAJEST* STATIONERY OFFICE, P. 169
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, (MAP), IMPORTANT MINES AND METALLURGICAL PLANTS OF JAPAN: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR, U.S. BUR. OF MINES, FOREIGN MINERALS DIVISION.
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