Mine detail: Hosokura

Previously called 'Hosokura Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.57854, 140.48865

Resource(B)

Primary: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Secondary: Silver, Sulfur, Antimony, Bismuth, Cadmium, Gold
Other material: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Discovery year: 800

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1600

Geology

References

MAS5880240001
DEP10207387
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