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.

Map of Japan
Horonai
Horonai
Akenobe
Akenobe
Ashio
Ashio
Kōryū
Akagane
Akagane
Akan
Akan
Kami‑Sunagawa
Kami‑Sunagawa
Minamishiraoi
Minamishiraoi
Inaushi
Inaushi
Yūbari
Yūbari
Ikushunbetsu
Ikushunbetsu
Miike
Miike
Hashima
Hashima
Iriomote
Iriomote
Utara
Utara
Nittō
Nittō
Naganobori
Naganobori
Shimokawa
Shimokawa
Yaguki
Yaguki
Obira
Obira
Horobetsu
Kunitomi
Suttsu
Suttsu
Nishizawa
Chitose
Hokuryu
Konomai
Sanru
Kitanoo
Teine
Shizukari
Ponshikaribetsu
Todoroki
Toi gold
Toyoha
Toyoha
Kamaishi
Kamaishi
Shojingawa
Shojingawa
Kutchan
Kutchan
Yoichi
Yoichi
Jokoku
Jokoku
Inakuraishi
Inakuraishi
Itomuka
Itomuka
Komaki
Komaki
Ōkawame
Ōkawame
Kamikawa
Kamikawa
Ikuno
Horobetsu sulphur
Horobetsu sulphur
Kobui
Kobui
Shiretoko
Shiretoko
Otani
Otani
Taguchi
Taguchi
Tsugu
Tsugu
Nakauri
Nakauri
Yamanoyoshida
Yamanoyoshida
Fujii
Fujii
Wakasa
Wakasa
Nakatatsu
Nakatatsu
Nojiri
Nojiri
Hatasa
Hatasa
Kamioka
Kamioka
Amou
Amou
Tono
Tono
Fukuoka
Fukuoka
Hirase
Hirase
Mumaya
Togi
Hattori‑Kawai
Ogoya
Ogoya
Searashi
Searashi
Suwa
Suwa
Hamayokogawa
Hamayokogawa
Ohinata
Ohinata
Tenryū
Tenryū
Kusakura
Kusakura
Otani
Otani
Asahi‑budo
Asahi‑budo
Nanetsu
Nanetsu
Sado
Akatani
Akatani
Mochikoshi
Yugashima
Kune
Kune
Kawazu
Seikoshi
Sennotani
Sennotani
Takara
Takara
Yanahara
Yanahara
Obie
Obie
Shin‑Mikawa
Shin‑Mikawa
Fuka
Sasaune
Sasaune
Yoshioka
Yoshioka
Wanibuchi
Wanibuchi
Tsumo
Tsumo
Iwami
Sasagatani
Sasagatani
Daito
Daito
Seikyu
Seikyu
Hirose
Hirose
Ningyo‑Toge
Ningyo‑Toge
Fujigatani
Fujigatani
Kuga
Kuga
Kamogawa
Kamogawa
Gunma‑Tetsuzan
Gunma‑Tetsuzan
Nebazawa
Shōwa
Shōwa
Takatori
Takatori
Hitachi
Hitachi
Chichibu
Chichibu
Ōkura
Ōkura
Kaso
Kaso
Kidogasawa
Kidogasawa
Tochigi
Tochigi
Shiromaru
Shiromaru
Asahi
Hiraki
Tada
Tada
Takeno
Ōmidani
Nakase
Takanokura
Takanokura
Yaso
Yaso
Yokota
Yokota
Chiyogahara
Chiyogahara
Mizusawa
Mizusawa
Sennin
Sennin
Tsunatori
Tsunatori
Noda‑Tamagawa
Noda‑Tamagawa
Matsuo
Matsuo
Hanawa
Hanawa
Taro
Taro
Akaishi
Akaishi
Unekura
Unekura
Iwate
Iwate
Tanohata
Tanohata
Hanawa 2
Hanawa 2
Oarasawa‑Akutozawa
Oarasawa‑Akutozawa
Matsuiwa
Matsuiwa
Hosokura
Hosokura
Oya
Kabasawa
Kabasawa
Akayama
Akayama
Isobe‑Koyama
Ohori
Ohori
Mogami
Mogami
Nissho
Nissho
Ōizumi
Ōizumi
Itaya
Yatani
Yatani
Yoshino
Yoshino
Yoshiwara
Yoshiwara
Nagatare
Nagatare
Sannotake
Sannotake
Fuke
Hishikari
Yamagano
Kushikino
Kasuga
Akeshi
Onoyama
Iwato
Sarayama
Suzuyama
Suzuyama
Makimine
Makimine
Mitate
Mitate
Taishu
Moe-Tatsugo
Moe-Tatsugo
Otanibira
Matsubara-douzan
Matsubara-douzan
Yakushima
Yakushima
Kimu
Kimu
Hoei
Hoei
Obira
Obira
Bajo
Kiura
Kiura
Taio
Ōku
Ōku
Takaura
Hirota
Hirota
Yuryo
Yuryo
Besshi
Besshi
Ikadazu
Ikadazu
Sazare
Sazare
Ōkuki
Ōkuki
Ichinokawa
Ichinokawa
Kurase
Kurase
Motoyasu
Motoyasu
Shingu
Shingu
Kunimiyama
Kunimiyama
Ananai
Ananai
Shirataki
Shirataki
Tosakubo
Tosakubo
Minawa
Minawa
Nonowaki
Nonowaki
Amakusa
Amakusa
Hanaoka
Hanaoka
Kosaka
Kosaka
Shakanai
Shakanai
The mines of Japan[1]

Copper Iron (triangle mark) Gold/Silver Alkali/bases Lanthanide/Actinide other metals Coal, oil or oil slate Chalcogen/Halogen other non-metal stone, crystals and complex compounds

List of Mines in Japan

Mine Produce !Coordinates Associated town Owner Opened Closed Comments
Ichinokawa Mine[2][3] Antimony Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Saijō, Ehime 1659 1957
Kimu mine[4] Antimony Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Okinawa Island ? ?
Tsugu mine[5][6] Antimony Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shitara, Aichi 15## 1956
Obira mine[7] Arsenic Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bungo-ōno, Oita ? ? also contains boron and fluorine minerals
Matsuiwa mine[8] Arsenic Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kesennuma, Miyagi 1949 1974 also contains some uranium, silver and gold
Sasagatani mine[9] Arsenic Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tsuwano, Shimane ? ? closed
Akenobe mine[10] Arsenic Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yabu, Hyōgo 1908 1987
Gunma-tetsuzan[11] Barium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nakanojō, Gunma 1943 1975
Minamishiraoi baryte mine[12] Barium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shiraoi, Hokkaido 1950 1988
Fukuoka mine[13] Beryllium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nakatsugawa, Gifu Furukawa ? ? Closed
Sannotake mine[14][15] Bismuth Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tagawa, Fukuoka ? ? includes Yokozuru mine
Fukuoka mine[16] Bismuth Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nakatsugawa, Gifu Furukawa ? ? Closed
Inaushi mine[17] Bismuth Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kitami, Hokkaido 1934 1964
Hosokura mine[18][19] Cadmium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kurihara, Miyagi 1898 1977 now become an amusement park
Fuka mine[20] Calcite Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Takahashi, Okayama ? open high purity, used for toothpaste
Hirose mine[21] Chromium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hino, Tottori ? ? closed
Nittō mine[22] Chromium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Saru, Hokkaido 1917 1959
Amakusa coalfield[23] coal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Amakusa 186# 1963 closed but not depleted
Mogami coal field[24][25][26] coal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōishida,Yamagata ? open lignite rich in germanium
Iwate mine[27] coal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iwaizumi, Iwate ? ?
Hokutan Horonai coal mine coal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mikasa, Hokkaido Hokutan 1879 1989 Went Bankrupt
Kami-sunagawa coal mine coal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kamisunagawa Mitsui 1915 1986 Japan Microgravity Centre
Hokutan Yūbari mine coal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yūbari Hokutan 1890 197# Went Bankrupt
Hokutan Ikushunbetsu coal mine coal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ikushunbetsu Hokutan 1885 1957
Miike coal mine coal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōmuta Tachibana clan 1872 1997
Mitsubishi Hashima coal mine coal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hashima Mitsubishi 1869 1974 Closed
Iriomote Coal Mine coal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iriomote Mitsui 1886 1960 Closed
Utara Coal Mine coal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iriomote Marusan Mining Company 1936 1943 Closed
Shirataki mine[28][29][30] Cobalt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōkawa, Kōchi Nippon Mining Co ? ?
Besshi copper mine[31][32] Cobalt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Niihama, Ehime Sumitomo 1691 1973
Chiyogahara mine[33] Cobalt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fujisawa, Iwate ? ?
Hitachi mine[34][35] Cobalt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hitachi, Ibaraki 1905 1974
Kune mine[36] Cobalt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 1897 open
Tenryū mine[37][38] Cobalt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tenryū, Nagano ? open
Naganobori mine[39] Cobalt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mine, Yamaguchi 1941 1945
Shimokawa mine[40] Cobalt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shimokawa, Hokkaido 1941 1979
Kosaka mine[41] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kosaka, Akita Dowa Holdings 18## ?
Hanaoka mine[42] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōdate, Akita Kajima, Dowa mining 1885 ? the site of Hanaoka Incident during WWII
Nonowaki mine[43][44] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Naka, Tokushima ? 196#
Minawa mine[45] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Miyoshi, Tokushima 1956 1970
Shirataki mine[46][47][48] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōkawa, Kōchi Nippon Mining Co ? ?
Shingu mine[49][50] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shikokuchūō, Ehime 1911 1975 also diamond-bearing Lherzolite
Motoyasu mine[51] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Saijō, Ehime 1877 1972
Ōkuki mine[52][53] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Uchiko, Ehime ? ?
Sazare mine[54][55][56] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Niihama, Ehime ? 1979
Ikadazu mine[57] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Niihama, Ehime ? 1973
Besshi copper mine[58][59] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Niihama, Ehime Sumitomo 1691 1973
Yuryo mine[60][61] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iyo, Ehime 1938 1954
Hirota mine[62][63] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iyo, Ehime 1917 1930
Takaura mine[64][65] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ikata, Ehime 1914 1965
Ōku mine[66] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ikata, Ehime ? closed
Obira mine[67] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bungo-ōno, Oita ? ? also contains boron and fluorine minerals
Matsubara-douzan mine[68] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tokunoshima 1903 1928
Moe-Tatsugo mine[69] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Amami Ōshima ? closed
Mitate mine[70][71] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hinokage, Miyazaki Rasa Industries 1915 1970 on slopes of Mount Sobo
Makimine mine[72][73][74] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hinokage, Miyazaki Mitsubishi 194x ?
Iwato mine[75][76] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Makurazaki, Kagoshima ? ?
Sannotake mine[77][78] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tagawa, Fukuoka ? ? includes Yokozuru mine
Yoshiwara mine[79][80] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 1910 1971
Ōizumi mine[81][82][83] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tsuruoka, Yamagata 1882 1950
Ohori mine[84][85] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mogami, Yamagata ? ?
Isobe-Koyama mine[86][87] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sagae, Yamagata 1932 1977
Akayama mine[88][89] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Naragejuku, Yamagata 16xx 1972 also contains some zinc, silver and gold
Matsuiwa mine[90] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kesennuma, Miyagi 1949 1974 also contains some uranium, silver and gold
Oarasawa-Akutozawa mine[91] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Waga, Iwate 1907 1920 116 kt Cu produced
Hanawa 2 mine[92] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hachimantai, Iwate ? ? not to be confused with Hanawa manganese mine in Miyako, Iwate
Unekura mine[93][94] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yuda, Iwate Dowa Kogyo K. K. ? open
Akaishi mine[95] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yuda, Iwate 1914 1973
Tsunatori mine[96] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Waga District, Iwate 1908 1962
Sennin mine[97] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Waga District, Iwate 1911 1974 also called Wagasennin mine
Mizusawa mine[98] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Waga District, Iwate 1717 ?
Yokota mine[99][100][101] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kaneyama, Fukushima ? ?
Yaso mine[102] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Minamiaizu, Fukushima 1952 1970
Takanokura mine[103] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sōma, Fukushima ? ?
Tada mine[104] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Inagawa, Hyōgo Nihon Kogyo 1211 1973
Tochigi mine[105] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shioya, Tochigi 1946 1965
Kidogasawa mine[106] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nikkō, Tochigi 1940 1974
Chichibu mine[107] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōtaki, Saitama 708 ? first ever copper mine of Japan
Fujigatani mine[108] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iwakuni, Yamaguchi 1955 1977 closed
Sasagatani mine[109] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tsuwano, Shimane ? ? closed
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine[110][111] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōda, Shimane 130# 1923 world leading medieval silver producer
Tsumo mine[112][113] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Masuda, Shimane 195x ?
Yoshioka mine[114] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Takahashi, Okayama 1905 1972
Sasaune mine[115][116] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Takahashi, Okayama ? 196# also produced iron pigment
Shin-mikawa mine[117] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yakage, Okayama 1916 1957
Obie mine[118] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kurashiki, Okayama 1906 1947
Yanahara mine[119][120] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Misaki, Okayama 195# 1970 also produced iron oxide for audio tapes
Takara mine[121][122] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tsuru, Yamanashi 1942 1962 also produced pyrite
Kune mine[123] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 1897 open
Kusakura mine[124] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kanose, Niigata Furukawa 1738 ?
Ogoya mine[125] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Komatsu, Ishikawa 1884 1971
Hatasa mine[126] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gujō, Gifu 1674 1916
Nojiri mine[127] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōno, Fukui ? 1968 Underwater after construction of Kuzuryu Dam
Nakatatsu mine[128] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōno, Fukui ? ? Closed
Nakauri mine[129] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kamaishi, Iwate 1953 1953 worked for 3 months
Kamaishi mine[130] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kamaishi, Iwate 1727 1993 Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war
Ashio copper mine[131] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nikkō, Tochigi Furukawa 1600 1973 Largest copper output during late 19th century, place of 1907 Ashio riot
Yaguki mine[132] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iwaki, Fukushima 1945 1974
Obira mine[133] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki 1617 1954
Horobetsu mine[134] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Noboribetsu, Hokkaido 1898 1973
Shimokawa mine[135] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shimokawa, Hokkaido 1941 1979
Kunitomi Mine[136] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shiribeshi, Hokkaido 1909 1945
Suttsu mine[137] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Suttsu District, Hokkaido ? 1962
Akenobe mine[138] Copper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yabu, Hyōgo 1908 1987
Mogami coal field[139][140][141] Germanium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōishida,Yamagata ? open lignite rich in germanium
Ōkuki mine[142][143] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Uchiko, Ehime ? ?
Takaura mine[144][145] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ikata, Ehime 1914 1965
Taio mine[146][147] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hita, Ōita 1896 1972 now museum
Bajo mine[148] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bungotakada, Ōita ? ?
Yakushima mine[149] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yakushima ? 1958 leading tungsten producer
Iwato mine[150][151] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Makurazaki, Kagoshima ? ?
Onoyama mine[152] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yūsui, Kagoshima ? ?
Akeshi mine[153][154] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Minamikyūshū, Kagoshima ? 198x closed
Kasuga mine[155] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Makurazaki, Kagoshima ? open silica with gold as by-product
Kushikino mine[156][157] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kushikino, Kagoshima Mitsui mining 195# closed
Yamagano mine[158][159] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kirishima, Kagoshima 1642 1965
Hishikari mine[160][161][162] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yūsui, Kagoshima Sumitomo Metal Mining 1985 open the only open gold mine of Japan as in 2014
Fuke mine[163][164][165] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Isa, Kagoshima Toa mining 1937 1976 also nearby Okuchi mine
Sannotake mine[166][167] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tagawa, Fukuoka ? ? includes Yokozuru mine
Yoshino mine[168][169][170][171] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nan'yō, Yamagata ? 1975
Isobe-Koyama mine[172][173] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sagae, Yamagata 1932 1977
Oya mine[174] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Motoyoshi, Miyagi 1915 1971
Tsunatori mine[175] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Waga District, Iwate 1908 1962
Nakase mine[176] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yabu, Hyōgo ? ?
Ōmidani mine[177] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shisō, Hyōgo 1961 1983
Takeno mine[178] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kinosaki, Hyōgo ? ?
Asahi mine[179] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Asago, Hyōgo 1921 1985
Nebazawa mine[180][181] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Katashina, Gunma 1961 1982
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine[182][183] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōda, Shimane 130# 1923 world leading medieval silver producer
Tsumo mine[184][185] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Masuda, Shimane 1950x ?
Seikoshi mine[186][187] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Toi, Shizuoka 1935 1983
Kawazu mine[188] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shimoda, Shizuoka 1915 1959
Yugashima mine[189] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Amagiyugashima, Shizuoka 1939 1958
Mochikoshi mine[190] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Amagiyugashima, Shizuoka 1929 1952
Sado mine[191] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sado, Niigata 1601 1974
Togi mine[192][193] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shika, Ishikawa Mitsubishi Metal Mining 1906 1942
Mumaya mine[194] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shōkawa, Gifu 159# ?
Tsugu mine[195][196] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shitara, Aichi 15## 1956
Kamaishi mine[197] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kamaishi, Iwate 1727 1993 Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war
Nishizawa mine[198] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nikkō, Tochigi 1928 ?
Chitose mine[199] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chitose, Hokkaido 1936 1974
Hokuryu mine[200] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Monbetsu, Hokkaido ? 1943
Konomai gold mine[201] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Monbetsu, Hokkaido 1917 1973
Horobetsu mine[202] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Noboribetsu, Hokkaido 1898 1973
Sanru mine[203] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shimokawa, Hokkaido 1926 1983
Kitanoo mine[204] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kitami, Hokkaido 1924 1943
Teine mine[205] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sapporo, Hokkaido 1941 1971
Shizukari Mine[206] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shiribeshi, Hokkaido 1918 1962
Ponshikaribetsu mine[207] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shiribeshi, Hokkaido 1891 open
Todoroki mine[208] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shiribeshi, Hokkaido 1903 1974
Toi gold mine Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Toi Sumitomo Group 1370 1965
Kōryū Mine[209] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Eniwa, Hokkaido 1935 1943
Amou mine[210] Gold Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shirakawa, Gifu (village) ? closed large gold deposit
Sennotani mine[211] Graphite Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Toyama, Toyama ? 1967 85% of graphite producer of Japan in 1951
Amou mine[212] Graphite Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shirakawa, Gifu (village) ? closed Leading graphite producer of Japan
Toyoha mine[213] Indium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sapporo, Hokkaido ? 2006 World leading indium producer until exhausted
Kunimiyama mine[214][215] Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kōchi, Kōchi ? closed
Sannotake mine[216][217] Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tagawa, Fukuoka ? ? includes Yokozuru mine
Kabasawa mine[218][219] Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Aoba-ku, Sendai ? ?
Matsuo mine[220][221] Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Matsuo, Iwate 1914 1969 important iron and sulphur producer
Sennin mine[222] Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Waga District, Iwate 1911 1974 also called Wagasennin mine
Gunma-tetsuzan[223] Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nakanojō, Gunma 1943 1975
Akatani mine Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shibata, Niigata 1925 1975
Suwa mine[224] Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chino, Nagano ? 195#
Akagane mine[225] Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Esashi, Iwate 1912 1974
Kamaishi mine[226] Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kamaishi, Iwate 1727 1993 Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war
Shojingawa mine[227] Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nanae, Hokkaido 1897 1960
Kutchan mine[228] Iron Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shiribeshi, Hokkaido ? ? Dominant iron producer of Japan during Pacific War
Taishu mine[229][230] Kaolinite Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tsushima Island 699 open initially mined for silver, later switched for kaolinite
Sarayama mine[231] Kaolinite Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Amakusa ? open
Itaya mine[232][233] Kaolinite Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yonezawa, Yamagata ? ? paper-clay
Hiraki mine[234][235] Kaolinite Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sanda, Hyōgo ? open High purity, used for fiber optics
Hattori-Kawai mine[236] Kaolinite Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nomi, Ishikawa and
Hakusan, Ishikawa
1930 open Hattori mine in Nomi closed in 2001
Shakanai mine[237] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōdate, Akita Dowa Holdings ? ? also contains Germanium, Indium and Gold
Kosaka mine[238] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kosaka, Akita Dowa Holdings 18## ?
Hanaoka mine[239] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōdate, Akita Kajima, Dowa mining 1885 ? the site of Hanaoka Incident during WWII
Mitate mine[240][241] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hinokage, Miyazaki Rasa Industries 1915 1970 on slopes of Mount Sobo
Ohori mine[242][243] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mogami, Yamagata ? ?
Yatani mine[244][245] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yonezawa, Yamagata ? ? also some gold and silver[246]
Ōizumi mine[247][248][249] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tsuruoka, Yamagata 1882 1950
Nissho mine[250][251] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mamurogawa, Yamagata 1937 1963
Hosokura mine[252][253] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kurihara, Miyagi 1898 1977 now become an amusement park
Hanawa 2 mine[254] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hachimantai, Iwate ? ? not to be confused with Hanawa manganese mine in Miyako, Iwate
Taro mine[255][256][257] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Miyako, Iwate 1936 1979 reused for Cosmic-ray observatory of Meisei University
Tsumo mine[258][259] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Masuda, Shimane 195x ?
Wanibuchi mine[260][261] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Izumo, Shimane ? ? also important gypsum producer
Nanetsu mine[262] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Muika, Niigata 1963 1971
Asahi-budo mine[263] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Murakami, Niigata 1941 1957
Otani mine[264] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mikawa, Niigata 1632 1961
Hatasa mine[265] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gujō, Gifu 1674 1916
Ohinata mine[266] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sakuho, Nagano ? ? Closed
Nakatatsu mine[267] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōno, Fukui ? ? Closed
Toyoha mine[268] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sapporo, Hokkaido ? 2006 World leading indium producer until exhausted
Obira mine[269] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki 1617 1954
Inaushi mine[270] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kitami, Hokkaido 1934 1964
Yoichi Mine[271] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shakotan Peninsula, Hokkaido ? 1963
Suttsu mine[272] Lead Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Suttsu District, Hokkaido ? 1962
Nagatare mine[273][274] Lithium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fukuoka,Fukuoka ? ?
Ananai mine[275] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nankoku, Kōchi ? closed
Kunimiyama mine[276][277] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kōchi, Kōchi ? closed
Kurase mine[278] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Saijō, Ehime ? ?
Ōizumi mine[279][280][281] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tsuruoka, Yamagata 1882 1950
Tanohata mine[282] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tanohata, Iwate ? ? a type location for a number of rare minerals
Hanawa mine[283] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Miyako, Iwate ? ? closed
Noda-Tamagawa mine[284][285] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Noda, Iwate 1950 ?
Shiromaru mine[286] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Okutama, Tokyo ? ? now submerged, also called Hakumaru mine
Kaso mine[287][288] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kanuma, Tochigi 1947 ?
Ōkura mine[289] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hannō, Saitama 1941 1945
Shōwa mine[290] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kiryū, Gunma ? ? closed
Hamayokogawa mine[291] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kamiina District, Nagano 1925 1966 large deposits
Searashi mine[292] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nanao, Ishikawa ? ?
Fujii mine[293] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Wakasa, Fukui ? ?
Taguchi mine[294] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shitara, Aichi ? ? also Pyroxmangite gems
Obira mine[295] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki 1617 1954
Jokoku mine[296] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kaminokuni, Hokkaido ? ? Dominant manganese producer of Japan
Inakuraishi mine[297] Manganese Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Furubira, Hokkaido 1946 open Largest manganese deposit in Japan
Tosakubo mine[298] Mercury Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Monobe, Kōchi ? ?
Ikadazu mine[299] Mercury Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Niihama, Ehime ? 1973
Itomuka mine[300] Mercury Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tokoro, Hokkaido 1941 1974 dominant mercury producer of Japan
Seikyu Mine[301] Molybdenum Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Daitō, Shimane 1954 1966
Daito Mine[302] Molybdenum Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Daitō, Shimane 1950 1966
Hirase Mine[303] Molybdenum Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shirakawa, Gifu 1931 1979
Komaki Mine[304] Molybdenum Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Okuizumo, Shimane 1943 1984
Ōkawame mine[305] Molybdenum Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kuji, Iwate 1943 1965
Chiyogahara mine[306] Nickel Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fujisawa, Iwate ? ?
Kamogawa mine[307][308] Nickel Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Awa District, Chiba 1935 ? also called Kameoka mine
Tenryū mine[309][310] Nickel Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tenryū, Nagano ? open
Wakasa mine[311] Nickel Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōi, Fukui Mori Kogyo ? Open also silica mining
Yamanoyoshida mine[312] Nickel Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shinshiro, Aichi ? ?
Kamikawa mine[313] Nickel Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kamikawa, Hokkaido 1941 1945
Otanibira quarry[314][315] Silica Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iōjima (Kagoshima) ? 1997 initially mined for sulphur
Motoyasu mine[316] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Saijō, Ehime 1877 1972
Taio mine[317][318] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hita, Ōita 1896 1972 now museum
Bajo mine[319] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bungotakada, Ōita ? ?
Taishu mine[320][321] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tsushima Island 699 open initially mined for silver, later switched for kaolinite
Iwato mine[322][323] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Makurazaki, Kagoshima ? ?
Kushikino mine[324][325] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kushikino, Kagoshima Mitsui mining 195# closed
Yamagano mine[326][327] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kirishima, Kagoshima 1642 1965
Fuke mine[328][329][330] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Isa, Kagoshima Toa mining 1937 1976 also nearby Okuchi mine
Yoshino mine[331][332][333][334] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nan'yō, Yamagata ? 1975
Oya mine[335] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Motoyoshi, Miyagi 1915 1971
Hosokura mine[336][337] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kurihara, Miyagi 1898 1977 now become an amusement park
Nebazawa mine[338][339] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Katashina, Gunma 1961 1982
Tsunatori mine[340] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Waga District, Iwate 1908 1962
Ōmidani mine[341] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shisō, Hyōgo 1961 1983
Takeno mine[342] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kinosaki, Hyōgo ? ?
Tada mine[343] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Inagawa, Hyōgo Nihon Kogyo 1211 1973
Asahi mine[344] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Asago, Hyōgo 1921 1985
Tochigi mine[345] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shioya, Tochigi 1946 1965
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine[346][347] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōda, Shimane 130# 1923 world leading medieval silver producer
Seikoshi mine[348][349] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Toi, Shizuoka 1935 1983
Yugashima mine[350] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Amagiyugashima, Shizuoka 1939 1958
Mochikoshi mine[351] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Amagiyugashima, Shizuoka 1929 1952
Sado mine[352] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sado, Niigata 1601 1974
Togi mine[353][354] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shika, Ishikawa Mitsubishi Metal Mining 1906 1942
Hatasa mine[355] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gujō, Gifu 1674 1916
Kamaishi mine[356] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kamaishi, Iwate 1727 1993 Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war
Toyoha mine[357] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sapporo, Hokkaido ? 2006 World leading indium producer until exhausted
Nishizawa mine[358] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nikkō, Tochigi 1928 ?
Ikuno mine[359] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Asago, Hyōgo 807 1973
Chitose mine[360] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chitose, Hokkaido 1936 1974
Hokuryu mine[361] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Monbetsu, Hokkaido ? 1943
Konomai mines[362] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Monbetsu, Hokkaido 1917 1973 important silver producer of Japan
Horobetsu mine[363] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Noboribetsu, Hokkaido 1898 1973
Sanru mine[364] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shimokawa, Hokkaido 1926 1983
Kitanoo mine[365] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kitami, Hokkaido 1924 1943
Shizukari Mine[366] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shiribeshi, Hokkaido 1918 1962
Suttsu mine[367] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Suttsu District, Hokkaido ? 1962
Kōryū Mine[368] Silver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Eniwa, Hokkaido 1935 1943
Nonowaki mine[369][370] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Naka, Tokushima ? 196#
Shirataki mine[371][372][373] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōkawa, Kōchi Nippon Mining Co ? ?
Shingu mine[374][375] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shikokuchūō, Ehime 1911 1975 also diamond-bearing Lherzolite
Ōkuki mine[376][377] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Uchiko, Ehime ? ?
Suzuyama mine[378][379] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kagoshima, Kagoshima 184x closed water tratment plant still active
Taro mine[380][381][382] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Miyako, Iwate 1936 1979 reused for Cosmic-ray observatory of Meisei University
Matsuo mine[383][384] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Matsuo, Iwate 1914 1969 important iron and sulphur producer
Yanahara mine[385][386] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Misaki, Okayama 195# 1970 also produced iron oxide for audio tapes
Horobetsu sulphur mine[387] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sōbetsu, Hokkaido 1940 1959
Kobui mine[388] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hakodate, Hokkaido 1904 1952
Shojingawa mine[389] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nanae, Hokkaido 1938 1960
Shiretoko mine[390] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido 1937 ? deposit created in volcanic eruption of 1936
Akan mine[391] Sulphur Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ashoro, Hokkaido 1951 open
Kiura mine[392] Tin Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Saiki, Ōita 16## ? also mined for emery
Obira mine[393] Tin Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bungo-ōno, Oita ? ? also contains boron and fluorine minerals
Hoei mine[394][395] Tin Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bungo-ōno, Oita ? closed
Yakushima mine[396] Tin Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yakushima ? 1958 leading tungsten producer
Mitate mine[397][398] Tin Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hinokage, Miyazaki Rasa Industries 1915 1970 on slopes of Mount Sobo
Suzuyama mine[399][400] Tin Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kagoshima, Kagoshima 184x closed water tratment plant still active
Tada mine[401] Tin Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Inagawa, Hyōgo Nihon Kogyo 1211 1973
Akenobe mine[402] Tin Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yabu, Hyōgo 1908 1987 dominant tin producer of Japan
Obira mine[403] Tin Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki 1617 1954
Kabasawa mine[404][405] Titanium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Aoba-ku, Sendai ? ?
Yakushima mine[406] Tungsten Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yakushima ? 1958 leading tungsten producer
Takatori mine[407] Tungsten Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shirosato, Ibaraki ? ? also Rhodochrosite gems
Kuga mine[408] Tungsten Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iwakuni, Yamaguchi ? ?
Fujigatani mine[409] Tungsten Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iwakuni, Yamaguchi 1955 1977 closed
Tsumo mine[410][411] Tungsten Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Masuda, Shimane 195x ?
Fukuoka mine[412] Tungsten Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nakatsugawa, Gifu Furukawa ? ? Closed
Komaki Mine[413] Tungsten Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Okuizumo, Shimane 1911 1984
Akenobe mine[414] Tungsten Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yabu, Hyōgo 1908 1987
Otani mine[415] Tungsten Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kameoka, Kyoto 1912 1983
Yaguki mine[416] Tungsten Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iwaki, Fukushima 1945 1974
Ningyo-toge mine[417][418] Uranium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kagamino, Okayama 1969 1982 dominant uranium producer of Japan
Tono mine[419] Uranium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mizunami, Gifu 2001 open
Kabasawa mine[420][421] Vanadium Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Aoba-ku, Sendai ? ?
Kosaka mine[422] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kosaka, Akita Dowa Holdings 18## ?
Shakanai mine[423] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōdate, Akita Dowa Holdings ? ? also contains Germanium, Indium and Gold
Hanaoka mine[424] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōdate, Akita Kajima, Dowa mining 1885 ? the site of Hanaoka Incident during WWII
Obira mine[425] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bungo-ōno, Oita ? ? also contains boron and fluorine minerals
Mitate mine[426][427] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hinokage, Miyazaki Rasa Industries 1915 1970 on slopes of Mount Sobo
Ohori mine[428][429] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mogami, Yamagata ? ?
Yatani mine[430][431] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yonezawa, Yamagata ? ? also some gold and silver[432]
Yoshino mine[433][434][435][436] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nan'yō, Yamagata ? 1975
Ōizumi mine[437][438][439] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tsuruoka, Yamagata 1882 1950
Nissho mine[440][441] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mamurogawa, Yamagata 1937 1963
Yaso mine[442] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Minamiaizu, Fukushima 1952 1970
Hosokura mine[443][444] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kurihara, Miyagi 1898 1977 now become an amusement park
Hanawa 2 mine[445] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hachimantai, Iwate ? ? not to be confused with Hanawa manganese mine in Miyako, Iwate
Taro mine[446][447][448] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Miyako, Iwate 1936 1979 reused for Cosmic-ray observatory of Meisei University
Kidogasawa mine[449] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nikkō, Tochigi 1940 1974
Tsumo mine[450][451] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Masuda, Shimane 195x ?
Wanibuchi mine[452][453] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Izumo, Shimane ? ? also important gypsum producer
Takara mine[454][455] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tsuru, Yamanashi 1942 1962 also produced pyrite
Nanetsu mine[456] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Muika, Niigata 1963 1971
Asahi-budo mine[457] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Murakami, Niigata 1941 1957
Otani mine[458] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mikawa, Niigata 1632 1961
Ohinata mine[459] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sakuho, Nagano ? ? Closed
Kamioka mine[460] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hida, Gifu ? 2002 Used to be leading Asian zinc mine until re-used for Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory.
Hatasa mine[461] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gujō, Gifu 1674 1916
Nakatatsu mine[462] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ōno, Fukui ? ? Closed
Toyoha mine[463] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sapporo, Hokkaido ? 2006 World leading indium producer until exhausted
Inaushi mine[464] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kitami, Hokkaido 1934 1964
Yoichi Mine[465] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shakotan Peninsula, Hokkaido ? 1963
Suttsu mine[466] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Suttsu District, Hokkaido ? 1962
Akenobe mine[467] Zinc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yabu, Hyōgo 1908 1987

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