List of mines in Japan
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This list of mines in Japan is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list. This list is inherently incomplete and shows only a selection of the most notable mines.
Horonai
Akenobe
Ashio
Kōryū
Akagane
Akan
Kami-Sunagawa
Minamishiraoi
Inaushi
Yūbari
Ikushunbetsu
Miike
Hashima
Iriomote
Utara
Nittō
Naganobori
Shimokawa
Yaguki
Obira
Horobetsu
Kunitomi
Suttsu
Nishizawa
Chitose
Hokuryu
Konomai
Sanru
Kitanoo
Teine
Shizukari
Ponshikaribetsu
Todoroki
Toi gold
Toyoha
Kamaishi
Shojingawa
Kutchan
Yoichi
Jokoku
Inakuraishi
Itomuka
Komaki
Ōkawame
Kamikawa
Ikuno
Horobetsu sulphur
Kobui
Shiretoko
Otani
Taguchi
Tsugu
Nakauri
Yamanoyoshida
Fujii
Wakasa
Nakatatsu
Nojiri
Hatasa
Kamioka
Amou
Tono
Fukuoka
Hirase
Mumaya
Togi
Hattori-Kawai
Ogoya
Searashi
Suwa
Hamayokogawa
Ohinata
Tenryū
Kusakura
Otani
Asahi-budo
Nanetsu
Sado
Akatani
Mochikoshi
Yugashima
Kune
Kawazu
Seikoshi
Sennotani
Takara
Yanahara
Obie
Shin-Mikawa
Fuka
Sasaune
Yoshioka
Wanibuchi
Tsumo
Iwami
Sasagatani
Daito
Seikyu
Hirose
Ningyo-Toge
Fujigatani
Kuga
Kamogawa
Gunma-Tetsuzan
Nebazawa
Shōwa
Takatori
Hitachi
Chichibu
Ōkura
Kaso
Kidogasawa
Tochigi
Shiromaru
Asahi
Hiraki
Tada
Takeno
Ōmidani
Nakase
Takanokura
Yaso
Yokota
Chiyogahara
Mizusawa
Sennin
Tsunatori
Noda-Tamagawa
Matsuo
Hanawa
Taro
Akaishi
Unekura
Iwate
Tanohata
Hanawa 2
Oarasawa-Akutozawa
Matsuiwa
Hosokura
Oya
Kabasawa
Akayama
Isobe-Koyama
Ohori
Mogami
Nissho
Ōizumi
Itaya
Yatani
Yoshino
Yoshiwara
Nagatare
Sannotake
Fuke
Hishikari
Yamagano
Kushikino
Kasuga
Akeshi
Onoyama
Iwato
Sarayama
Suzuyama
Makimine
Mitate
Taishu
Moe-Tatsugo
Otanibira
Matsubara-douzan
Yakushima
Kimu
Hoei
Obira
Bajo
Kiura
Taio
Ōku
Takaura
Hirota
Yuryo
Besshi
Ikadazu
Sazare
Ōkuki
Ichinokawa
Kurase
Motoyasu
Shingu
Kunimiyama
Ananai
Shirataki
Tosakubo
Minawa
Nonowaki
Amakusa
Hanaoka
Kosaka
Shakanai
Myoho
Otaru-Matsukura
Nozawa
Ryūshōden
List of mines in Japan (Japan)
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List of mines in Japan[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Giant Stibnite Crystals from the Ichinokawa Mine, Japan". The Giant Crystal Project Site. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Kimu mine, Onna-son, Okinawa Island, Okinawa, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Tsugu mine, Shidara-cho, Kita-shidara-gun, Aichi, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b Y. Katayama; A. Misawa; N. Yamada; S. Yachi; H. Muto; T. Aoki; Y. Kawabata; M. Nagai (November 2008). "Analysis of antimony around the abandoned Tsugu mine in Aichi Prefecture by neutron activation analysis". Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 278 (2): 283–286. doi:10.1007/s10967-008-9503-6. S2CID 95574565.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Obira mine, Bungo-Ono City, Oita Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Matsuiwa mine (Kohoku mine), Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Sasagatani mine, Tsuwano, Kanoashi District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b c d e f "Akenobe mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Gunma-tetsuzan (Gunma Iron mine), Gunma, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ "Minamishiraoi deposits (Minamishiraoi baryte mine), Shiraoi-cho, Shiraoi-gun, Iburi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b c "Fukuoka Mine, Shimono, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b c d "Sannotake mine, Kawara, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b c d SHIMADA, Nobutaka; MIYAHISA, Michitoshi; HIROWATARI, Fumitoshi (April 1981). "Melonite and volynskite from the Yokozuru mine, Sannotake, North Kyushu, Japan". Mineralogical Journal. 10 (6): 269–278. Bibcode:1981MinJ...10..269S. doi:10.2465/minerj.10.269.
- ^ a b c "Inaushi Mine, Kitami, Hokkaidō, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b c d "Hosokura mine, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b c d "Hosokura mine park map". MapFan. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ "Hirose mine, Tottori Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ "Nittoh mine (Nitto mine; Shin-Nitto mine), Tanukiiwa, Saru-gun, Hidaka Province, Hokkaidō, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ Takai, Yasuaki. "Preliminary Report of Reconnaissance Survey in Ushibuka District, Amakusa Coal-field" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Mogami coal field, Yamagata, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b Thomas, Larry. Coal Geology. p. 74.
- ^ a b Tokunaga, Shigemoto; Kawauchi, Hideyuki; Kono, Michiya. "Geology of Kameida-Matsuhashi District in Mogami Coalfield, Yamagata Prefecture" (PDF).
- ^ "Iwate mine, Iwaizumi, Shimohei District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b c "Shirataki Mine, Okawa-mura, Tosa-gun, Kochi, Japan". minat.org.
- ^ a b c Shirataki Mine, Nippon Mining Co., Ltd – via National Diet Library Catalogue.
- ^ a b c TAKEDA, Hideo (1960). 高 知 県 白 滝 鉱 山 の 地 質 と 鉱 床(II)*: と くに鉱 床 の 形 態 およ び 鉱 石 の 特 質 に つ い て [Geology and Ore Deposits of the Shirataki Mine, Kochi Prefecture (II): Mode of occurrence of ore deposits and characteristics of ores] (in Japanese).
- ^ a b "Besshi mine (Bessi mine), Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b "The History of Sumitomo Metal Mining - 1590 onward : Early copper smelting to mining at Besshi". Sumimoto Metal Mining. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Chiyogahara Mine, Fujisawa-cho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ "Hitachi mine, Hitachi-machi, Taga District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ KASE, Katsuo; YAMAMOTO, Masahiro (1985). "Geochemical Study of Conformable Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Hitachi Mine, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan". Mining Geology. 35 (1): 17–29.
- ^ a b c d "Tenryu Mine (Aokuzure), Yaekouchi-mura, Shimoina-gun, Nagano, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b Kobayasi, Haruo (1940). "On Niekeliferous Pyrrhotite Deposits of Tenryu Mine, Nagano Prefecture". The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan. 47 (566): 437–456. doi:10.5575/geosoc.47.437.
- ^ "Naganobori mine, Mine City, Yamaguchi, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Shimokawa mine, Shimokawa, Kamikawa Province, Hokkaidō, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b c KAMONO, Hisashi; ISHIKAWA, Yohei. 小 坂 鉱 山 内 の 岱 鉱 床 に つい て (主 と し て 開 坑 前 後 の 比 較) [On the Uchinotai "Kuroko" Deposits, Kosaka Mine, Akita Prefecture] (in Japanese).
- ^ a b c Hanaoka Mine (Copper, Lead, Zinc) - Dowa Mining Co., Akita – via National Diet Library Catalogue.
- ^ UCHIDA Masatoshi (2 May 2001). "The Hanaoka Incident: Corporate Compensation for Forced Labor". Archived from the original on 28 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Nonowaki mine, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b Saito, Masatsugu. 徳島県野々脇書銅硫此鉄鉱幽地質鉱庫調査報告誓 [Geology and Ore-deposit of Nonowaki Cupriferous Pyrite Mine, Tokushima Prefecture] (PDF) (in Japanese).
- ^ "Minawa mine, Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Shingu mine, Shingu, Shikokuchuo City, Ehime, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b MITSUNO, Chiharu (1953). "On the Geology and Ore-deposit of the Shingu Mining District".
- ^ a b "Motoyasu mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b c "Ohkuki mine (Okuki deposit), Ehime prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b c BANNO, Yasuyuki; MIZUNO, Kiyohide; MIYAZAKI, Kazuhiro. 大 洲 地 域 の 地 質 [Geology of the Ōzu District] (PDF) (in Japanese).
- ^ "Sazare mine, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ DOI, Masatami (1959). 佐々連鉱山附近の地質 と佐々連鉱床群について [Geology and Ore Deposits of the Sazare Mine] (in Japanese).
- ^ HORIKOSHI, Ei. 佐 々 連 鉱 山 の 線 構 造 と 鉱 床 の 形 態 [The Lineation and the Ore Bodies of the Sazare Mine] (in Japanese).
- ^ a b "Ikadazu mine (Ikadatsu mine), Ikadazu, Niihama City, Ehime prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ "Yuryo mine, Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ YOSHIDA, Zensuke; MONONOBE, Sakiyuki. 愛媛県優量鉱山調萱報蕾 [Report on the Ore Deposits of Yuryo Mine, Ehime Prefecture] (PDF) (in Japanese).
- ^ "Hirota mine, Hirota-mura, Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ AGUI, Hirosuke; KOJIMA, Shoichiro; KANDA, Setsuo. 広 田 鉱 山 の 地 質 お よ び 鉱 床 [Geology and Ore Deposits of the Hirota Mine] (in Japanese).
- ^ a b "Takaura mine, Ikata (Sadamisaki Peninsula), Ehime, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b TADASHI KIMURA; KŌJIRŌ KOMURA (1957). "EXPLANATORY TEXT OF THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF JAPAN Scale 1 : 50,000 IYOMISAKI Kōchi, No. 67" (PDF).
- ^ "Ohku mine, Ikata (Sadamisaki Peninsula), Nishiuwa District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ "Matsubara-dohzan mine, Tokunoshima (Tokuno Island), Kagoshima, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ "Moe-Tatsugo Mine, Tatsugo-cho, Oshima-gun, Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b c d "Mitate mine, Hinokage-cho, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b c d Kato, Takeo. "The Pyrrhotite Tin Vein of the Mitate Mine, Prov., Hyuga, Japan".
- ^ "Makimine mine, Hinokage-cho, Miyazaki, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ Makimine Mine (Copper) - Mitsubishi Mining Co., Ltd., Miyazaki. March 28, 1946 – via National Diet Library Catalogue.
- ^ Geological Survey Professional Paper, issues 554-558, p. 45
- ^ a b c "Iwato mine, Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima, Japan". mindat.org.
- ^ a b c IZAWA, Eiji; URASHIMA, Yukitoshi; OKUB, Yoshikazu (1984). "Age of mineralization of the Nansatsu type gold deposits, Kagoshima, Japan-K-Ar dating of alunite from Kasuga, Iwato and Akeshi". Mining Geology. 34 (5): 343–351.
- ^ "Yoshiwara mine (Yoshihara mine), Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka, Japan".
- ^ "Pyrometasomatic Copper-Iron Sulphide Ore Deposits of the Yoshiwara Mine, with special Reference to the Structural Control of Ore Localization", by Michitoshi MIYAHISA and Motomi MORI
- ^ a b c d "Ou'izumi mine (Oizumi mine), Yamagata, Japan".
- ^ a b c d ""Report of Copper, Lead and Zinc Deposits of Oizumi Mine, Yamagata Prefecture", by Tomio Hattori" (PDF).
- ^ a b c d "Oizumi abandoned mine".
- ^ a b c "Ohori mine (Ou'hori mine; Obori mine), Mogami, Mogami District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b c "Ore Deposits of the Ohori Mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan" by T. TAKEUCHI, A. SUGAKI, T. SUZUKI. and H. ABE
- ^ a b "Isobe-Koyama Mine, Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b ISOBE, Kiyoshi; Kôje, HOSHINA; SUGAKI, Asahiko (March 28, 1967). "The Gold and Copper Ore Deposits of the Isobe Koyma Mine, Yamagata Prefecture". Mining Geology. 17 (81): 22–37. doi:10.11456/shigenchishitsu1951.17.22 – via CiNii.
- ^ "Akayama mine, Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ "Welcome to Ida Minoru's Home Page". www2.jan.ne.jp.
- ^ "Oarasawa-Akutozawa Mine, Waga District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b c "Hanawa mine, Tayama, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ "Unekura mine, Yuda, Nishiwaga, Iwate Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ Unekura Mine (Copper) - Dowa Kogyo K.K., Iwate. 1946.
- ^ "Akaishi mine, Yuda, Nishiwaga, Iwate Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b c "Tsunatori mine, Waga, Kitakami City, Iwate, Japan".
- ^ a b "Sennin mine (Wagasennin mine), Waga, Kitakami City, Iwate, Japan".
- ^ "Mizusawa mine, Waga, Kitakami City, Iwate, Japan".
- ^ "Yokota Mine, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ Internal Structure of Black-Ore Deposit of the Yokota Mine by Taken HIRABAYASHI
- ^ "Indium and other trace elements in volcanogenic massive sulfide ores from the Kuroko, Besshi and other types in Japan, by Shunso Ishihara and Yuji Endo" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Yaso Mine, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ "Takanokura mine, Soma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b c "Tada mine (Tada-gin-douzan; Tada-ginzan; Tada silver-copper mine), Inagawa-cho, Kawabe District, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b "Tochigi mine, Shioya, Shioya District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b "Kidogasawa Mine, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ "Chichibu mining district (Chichibu mine), Nakatsugawa, Ohtaki-mura, Chichibu City, Saitama, Japan".
- ^ a b "Fujigatani mine, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b c "Iwami mine (Iwami-ginzan), Ōda City, Shimane, Japan".
- ^ a b c Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
- ^ a b c d e "Tsumo mine, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b c d e Geology and Ore Deposits of the Tsumo Mine by Masami AKATSUKA
- ^ "Yoshioka mine, Nariwa-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan".
- ^ "Sasaune mine, Nariwa-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan".
- ^ "Sasaune tunnel of Fukiya copper mine｜Travel in Japan｜BuraNeta".
- ^ "Shin-mikawa mine, Yakage-cho, Oda-gun, Okayama, Japan".
- ^ "Obie mine, Kurashiki City, Okayama, Japan".
- ^ a b "Yanahara mine (Yanahara mining district), Misaki-cho, Kume District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "柵原ふれあい鉱山公園". Archived from the original on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ^ a b "Takara mine, Tsuru City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b "Porter GeoConsultancy - Ore Deposit Description".
- ^ "Kusakura mine, Kanose, Aga-machi (Higashi-Kanbara-gun), Niigata, Japan".
- ^ "Ogoya mine, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b c d "Hatasa Mine, Meiho-Hatasa, Gujo City, Gifu, Japan".
- ^ "Nojiri mine, Ono City, Fukui, Japan".
- ^ a b c "Nakatatsu mine, Ono City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ "Nakauri mine, Shinshiro city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b c d "Kamaishi mine, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ "Ashio mine (Ashio copper mine), Ashio, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b "Yaguki mine (Yakuki mine), Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b c "Horobetsu mine (Horobetsu gold-silver-copper mine), Noboribetsu City, Iburi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ "Kunitomi Mine, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ a b c d "Suttsu mine, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ a b "Taio mine, Taio, Oita Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b "Discover Oita | Oita, Japan | Tourism Information". www.discover-oita.com.
- ^ a b "Bajo mine (Bajou mine), Yamaga, Hayami District, Oita Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b c "Yakushima mine (Nitta-Yakushima mine), Yakushima Island, Yakushima-cho, Kagoshima, Japan".
- ^ "Onoyama gold mine, Kagoshima, Japan".
- ^ "Akeshi mine, Chiran-cho, Minamikyushu City, Kagoshima, Japan".
- ^ "Geology and Ore Deposits of the Kasuga Mine and Akeshi Mine, in the Makurazaki District, Kagoshima Prefecture", by Masayuki TOKUNAGA
- ^ "Kasuga mine, Makurazaki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Recent Exploration of the Arakawa Veins, Kushikino Mine, Kagoshima Prefecture", by Minoru SUKESHITA, Kazuto UEMURA
- ^ a b "Yamagano mine, Yokogawa-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan".
- ^ a b "The Yamagano Gold Mine Revisited" (PDF).
- ^ "Hishikari mine (Hishikari gold mine), Kagoshima, Japan".
- ^ "Core Facilities : Hishikari Mine".
- ^ "Geology and development of the Hishikari mine", by Ichiro ABE, Hideo SUZUKI, Atsuo ISOGAMI, Toshiyuki GOTO
- ^ a b "Fuke mine, Kagoshima, Japan".
- ^ a b Fuke Mine (Gold Silver) - Toa Mining Co., Ltd., Kagoshima. March 28, 1946 – via National Diet Library Catalogue.
- ^ "Geology and Ore Deposits of the FUKE Gold Mine, KAGOSHIMA Prefecture", by Yamamoto Takashi
- ^ a b c "Yoshino mine, Nanyō City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b c ""Ore Deposits and Prospecting of the Yoshino Mine", by Shozaburo NISHIZAWA, Shunji NAKAJIMA, Hiroto MOMOSE and Masayuki ABE".
- ^ a b c Yamawaki, Tomojiro (March 28, 1959). "On the genesis of Yoshino mine, Yamagata Prefecture". The Journal of the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists. 43 (3): 113–130. doi:10.2465/ganko1941.43.113 – via J-Stage.
- ^ a b c I. L. Elliott and W. K. Fletcher, "Geochemical exploration 1974", Proceedings Of The Fifth International Geochemical Exploration Symposium, vol. 1, special publication No. 2, p. 73
- ^ a b "Oya mine, Motoyoshi, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ "Nakase mine (Nakaze mine), Sekinomiya-machi, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Ohmidani mine (Omidani mine), Shisou City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Takeno mine, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b "Asahi mine, Asago City, Hyogo, Japan".
- ^ a b "Nebazawa mine, Katashina, Gunma Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b On the geology, ore deposits and exploration of the Nebazawa gold-silver mine, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. By Keiji NAKANO, Noritaka SATO and Tohru YAMADA
- ^ a b "Seikoshi mine (Seigoshi Mine; Seigoushi mine), Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b "Mike's Blender - Haikyo / Ruins - Seikoshi Gold and Silver Mine".
- ^ "Kawazu mine (Rendaiji mine; Rendaizi mine), Rendaiji, Shimoda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Yugashima mine, Amagi-Yugashima, Shizuoka, Japan".
- ^ a b "Mochikoshi mine, Amagi-Yugashima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b "Sado mine, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Togi Mine, Shika-machi, Hakui District, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan".
- ^ a b "Unknown".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mumaya mine (Mumaya gold mine), Shoukawa-cho, Takayama City, Gifu, Japan".
- ^ a b "Nishizawa mine, Kuriyamamura, Nikko City, Tochigi, Japan".
- ^ a b "Chitose mine, Chitose, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ a b "Hokuryu Mine, Monbetsu (Mombetsu), Hidaka Province, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ a b "Konomai mines (Kohnomai mine), Monbetsu (Mombetsu), Saru District, Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Sanru mine, Shimokawa, Kamikawa Province, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ a b "Kitanoo Mine, Kitami, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ "Teine mine, Sapporo City, Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Shizukari Mine, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ "Ponshikaribetsu mine, Yoichi, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ "Todoroki mine, Yoichi District, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Koryu mine (Kohryu mine), Ishikari Province, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ a b "Amo mine (Amou mine), Kawai-cho-amo (Kawai-cho-amou), Hida City, Gifu, Japan".
- ^ "Sennotani mine, Ohara, Toyama City, Toyama, Japan".
- ^ a b c d "Toyoha mine, Minami-ku, Sapporo City, Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Kunimiyama mine, Kochi, Japan".
- ^ a b ""Iron-Manganese Deposits of Kunimiyama Mine, Kochi Prefecture" by Takeo SAWAMURA, Mayumi YOSHINAGA".
- ^ a b c "Kabasawa mine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan".
- ^ a b c "Report on Iron Sand Deposits near Kabasawa Mine, Miyagi Prefecture" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Matsuo mine, Iwate, Japan".
- ^ a b "The mist-wreathed ruin of Matsuo mine | Michael John Grist / Mike Grist". www.michaeljohngrist.com.
- ^ "Suwa mine, Chino City, Nagano, Japan".
- ^ "Akagane mine, Esashi ward, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b "Shojingawa mine (Shikabe mine; Yamamoto mine), Nanae, Kameda Peninsula, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ "Kutchan mine, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan".
- ^ a b "Taishu mine, Azu, Tsushima-Shimoshima island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan". www.mindat.org.
- ^ a b ""Structural Localization of Ore Shoot at the Taishu Mine, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan", by Yukio UEHARA and Shuro MATSUHASHI".
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