List of mines in Japan
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{{Incomplete list|date=March 2012}}
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.
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Copper
Iron (triangle mark)
Gold/Silver
Alkali/bases
other metals
Coal, oil or oil slate
other non-metal
stone, crystals and complex compounds
List of mines in Japan
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||||
| style="width: 270px;"|Mine | Produce | !Coordinates | style="width: 240px;"|Associated town | Owner | Opened | Closed | style="width: 270px;"|Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ichinokawa Mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-5520.html|title = Ichinokawa mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{cite web |url=http://giantcrystals.strahlen.org/asia/ichinokawa.htm |title=Giant Stibnite Crystals from the Ichinokawa Mine, Japan |website=The Giant Crystal Project Site |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20161119070217/http://giantcrystals.strahlen.org/asia/ichinokawa.htm |archive-date=19 November 2016}}
|{{coord|33.889|133.219 |
|
|1659
|1957
|
|-
|{{coord|26.499|127.903|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Tsugu mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-60448.html | title=Tsugu mine, Shidara-cho, Kita-shidara-gun, Aichi, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{cite journal |author1=Y. Katayama |author2=A. Misawa |author3=N. Yamada |author4=S. Yachi |author5=H. Muto |author6=T. Aoki |author7=Y. Kawabata |author8=M. Nagai |title=Analysis of antimony around the abandoned Tsugu mine in Aichi Prefecture by neutron activation analysis |journal=Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry |date=November 2008 |volume=278 |issue=2 |pages=283–286 |doi=10.1007/s10967-008-9503-6|s2cid=95574565 }}
|{{coord|35.178|137.629|}}
|
|15##
|1956
|
|-
|{{coord|32.842|131.578|}}
|
|?
|?
|also contains boron and fluorine minerals
|-
|{{coord|38.967|141.519|}}
|
|1949
|1974
|also contains some uranium, silver and gold
|-
|{{coord|34.549|131.703|}}
|
|?
|?
|closed
|-
|{{coord|35.283|134.667|}}
|
|1908
|1987
|
|-
|{{ill|Nozawa mine|ja|野沢鉱山}}
|{{coord|43.267|142.403|}}
|
|1942
|1969
|
|-
|Gunma-tetsuzan{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-191831.html | title=Gunma-tetsuzan (Gunma Iron mine), Gunma, Japan |website=mindat.org}}
|{{Coord|36.653|138.597|}}
|
|1943
|1975
|
|-
|Minamishiraoi baryte mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-30010.html | title=Minamishiraoi deposits (Minamishiraoi baryte mine), Shiraoi-cho, Shiraoi-gun, Iburi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan |website=mindat.org}}
|{{Coord|42.661|141.226|}}
|
|1950
|1988
|
|-
|{{ill|Otaru-Matsukura mine|ja|小樽松倉鉱山}}
|{{Coord|43.127|140.964|}}
|
|1932
|1979
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.586|137.468|}}
|Furukawa
|?
|?
|Closed
|-
|Sannotake mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-40457.html | title=Sannotake mine, Kawara, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/minerj/10/6/10_6_269/_pdf |title=Melonite and volynskite from the Yokozuru mine, Sannotake, North Kyushu, Japan |first1=Nobutaka |last1=SHIMADA |first2=Michitoshi |last2=MIYAHISA |first3=Fumitoshi |last3=HIROWATARI |journal=Mineralogical Journal |volume=10 |issue=6 |pages=269–278 |date=April 1981|doi=10.2465/minerj.10.269 |bibcode=1981MinJ...10..269S }}
|{{Coord|33.7|130.85|}}
|
|?
|?
|includes Yokozuru mine
|-
|{{Coord|35.586|137.468|}}
|Furukawa
|?
|?
|Closed
|-
|{{Coord|43.242|143.722|}}
|
|1934
|1964
|
|-
|Hosokura mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-11888.html|title=Hosokura mine, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}{{cite web |url=http://travel.mapfan.com/lang/en/spot/118691 |title=Hosokura mine park map |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160410105943/http://travel.mapfan.com/lang/en/spot/118691 |archive-date=10 April 2016 |website=MapFan}}
|{{Coord|38.808|140.9|}}
|
|1898
|1977
|now become an amusement park
|-
|{{Coord|34.767|133.433|}}
|
|?
|open
|high purity, used for toothpaste
|-
|{{Coord|35.067|133.2|}}
|
|?
|?
|closed
|-
|{{Coord|42.572|142.287|}}
|
|1917
|1959
|
|-
|Amakusa coalfield{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsj.jp/data/bull-gsj/01-02_14.pdf|title=Preliminary Report of Reconnaissance Survey in Ushibuka District, Amakusa Coal-field |first=Yasuaki |last=Takai}}
|coal
|{{Coord|32.25|130.06|}}
|
|186#
|1963
|closed but not depleted
|-
|Mogami coal field{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-58538.html | title=Mogami coal field, Yamagata, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{cite book |first=Larry |last=Thomas |title=Coal Geology |pages=74}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsj.jp/data/bull-gsj/02-08_03.pdf|title=Geology of Kameida-Matsuhashi District in Mogami Coalfield, Yamagata Prefecture |first1=Shigemoto |last1=Tokunaga |first2=Hideyuki |last2=Kawauchi |first3=Michiya |last3=Kono}}
|coal
|{{Coord|38.613|140.331|}}
|
|?
|open
|lignite rich in germanium
|-
|coal
|{{Coord|39.885|141.631|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|coal
|{{Coord|43.221|141.909|}}
|1879
|1989
|Went Bankrupt
|-
|Kami-sunagawa coal mine
|coal
|{{Coord|43.476|141.992|}}
|1915
|1986
|-
|coal
|{{Coord|43.064|141.985|}}
|1890
|197#
|Went Bankrupt
|-
|Hokutan Ikushunbetsu coal mine
|coal
|{{Coord|43.261|141.968|}}
|1885
|1957
|
|-
|coal
|{{Coord|33.014|130.456|}}
|1872
|1997
|
|-
|coal
|{{Coord|32.628|129.738|}}
|1869
|1974
|Closed
|-
|coal
|{{Coord|24.333|123.8|}}
|1886
|1960
|Closed
|-
|coal
|{{Coord|24.302|123.707|}}
|1936
|1943
|Closed
|-
|Shirataki mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-28723.html | title=Shirataki Mine, Okawa-mura, Tosa-gun, Kochi, Japan |website=minat.org}}{{Cite book|url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000006788391-00|title=Shirataki Mine, Nippon Mining Co., Ltd|via=National Diet Library Catalogue}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/10/41/10_41_127/_pdf |trans-title=Geology and Ore Deposits of the Shirataki Mine, Kochi Prefecture (II): Mode of occurrence of ore deposits and characteristics of ores |first=Hideo |last=TAKEDA |script-title=ja: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 |language=ja |date=1960}}
|{{Coord|33.828|133.472|}}
|Nippon Mining Co
|?
|?
|
|-
|Besshi copper mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-8667.html|title = Besshi mine (Bessi mine), Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.smm.co.jp/en/corp_info/story/01/|title=The History of Sumitomo Metal Mining - 1590 onward : Early copper smelting to mining at Besshi |access-date=14 February 2024 |website=Sumimoto Metal Mining}}
|{{Coord|33.853|133.314|}}
|Sumitomo
|1691
|1973
|
|-
|Chiyogahara mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-28727.html | title=Chiyogahara Mine, Fujisawa-cho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate, Japan |website=mindat.org}}
|{{Coord|38.867|141.35|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Hitachi mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-28724.html|title=Hitachi mine, Hitachi-machi, Taga District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/35/189/35_189_17/_pdf |first1=Katsuo |last1=KASE |first2=Masahiro |last2=YAMAMOTO |title=Geochemical Study of Conformable Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Hitachi Mine, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan |journal=Mining Geology |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=17–29 |date=1985}}
|{{Coord|36.629|140.606|}}
|
|1905
|1974
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.085|137.833|}}
|
|1897
|open
|
|-
|Tenryū mine{{Cite journal | doi=10.5575/geosoc.47.437|title = On Niekeliferous Pyrrhotite Deposits of Tenryu Mine, Nagano Prefecture| journal=The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan| volume=47| issue=566| pages=437–456|year = 1940|last1 = Kobayasi|first1 = Haruo| doi-access=free}}
|{{Coord|35.283|137.85|}}
|
|?
|open
|
|-
|Naganobori mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-28725.html | title=Naganobori mine, Mine City, Yamaguchi, Japan |website=mindat.org}}
|{{Coord|34.245|131.336|}}
|
|1941
|1945
|
|-
|Shimokawa mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-146259.html | title=Shimokawa mine, Shimokawa, Kamikawa Province, Hokkaidō, Japan |website=mindat.org}}
|{{Coord|44.215|142.701|}}
|
|1941
|1979
|
|-
|Kosaka mine{{cite web |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/15/70-71/15_70-71_130/_pdf |trans-title=On the Uchinotai "Kuroko" Deposits, Kosaka Mine, Akita Prefecture |first1=Hisashi |last1=KAMONO |first2=Yohei |last2=ISHIKAWA |script-title=ja:小 坂 鉱 山 内 の 岱 鉱 床 に つい て (主 と し て 開 坑 前 後 の 比 較) |language=ja}}
|{{Coord|40.337|140.754|}}
|18##
|?
|
|-
|Hanaoka mine{{Cite book|url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000006834006-00|title=Hanaoka Mine (Copper, Lead, Zinc) - Dowa Mining Co., Akita|via=National Diet Library Catalogue}}
|{{Coord|40.309|140.552|}}
|Kajima, Dowa mining
|1885
|?
|the site of Hanaoka Incident during WWII{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828141232/http://www.iwanami.co.jp/jpworld/text/hanaoka01.html |url=http://www.iwanami.co.jp/jpworld/text/hanaoka01.html |title=The Hanaoka Incident: Corporate Compensation for Forced Labor |author=UCHIDA Masatoshi |date=2 May 2001 |archive-date=28 August 2014}}
|-
|Nonowaki mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-217347.html | title=Nonowaki mine, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsj.jp/data/bull-gsj/02-07_01.pdf|trans-title=Geology and Ore-deposit of Nonowaki Cupriferous Pyrite Mine, Tokushima Prefecture |first=Masatsugu |last=Saito|script-title=ja:徳島県野々脇書銅硫此鉄鉱幽地質鉱庫調査報告誓 |language=ja}}
|{{Coord|33.9|134.247|}}
|
|?
|196#
|
|-
|{{Coord|33.992|133.786|}}
|
|1956
|1970
|
|-
|{{Coord|33.828|133.472|}}
|Nippon Mining Co
|?
|?
|
|-
|Shingu mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-56379.html | title=Shingu mine, Shingu, Shikokuchuo City, Ehime, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/geosoc1893/59/695/59_695_363/_pdf |title= On the Geology and Ore-deposit of the Shingu Mining District |first=Chiharu |last=MITSUNO |date=1953}}
|{{Coord|33.933|133.633|}}
|
|1911
|1975
|also diamond-bearing Lherzolite
|-
|{{Coord|33.796|133.253|}}
|
|1877
|1972
|
|-
|Ōkuki mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-17373.html | title=Ohkuki mine (Okuki deposit), Ehime prefecture, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsj.jp/data/50KGM/PDF/GSJ_MAP_G050_13059_2010_D.pdf|trans-title=Geology of the Ōzu District |first1=Yasuyuki |last1=BANNO |first2=Kiyohide |last2=MIZUNO |first3=Kazuhiro |last3=MIYAZAKI |script-title=ja:大 洲 地 域 の 地 質 |language=ja}}
|{{Coord|33.514|132.656|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Sazare mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-21603.html|title=Sazare mine, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/9/35/9_35_137/_pdf |trans-title=Geology and Ore Deposits of the Sazare Mine |first=Masatami |last=DOI |script-title=ja:佐々連鉱山附近の地質 と佐々連鉱床群について |language=ja |date=1959}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/8/27/8_27_33/_pdf |trans-title=The Lineation and the Ore Bodies of the Sazare Mine |first=Ei |last=HORIKOSHI |script-title=ja:佐 々 連 鉱 山 の 線 構 造 と 鉱 床 の 形 態 |language=ja}}
|{{Coord|33.904|133.542|}}
|
|?
|1979
|
|-
|{{Coord|33.832|133.383|}}
|
|?
|1973
|
|-
|{{Coord|33.853|133.314|}}
|Sumitomo
|1691
|1973
|
|-
|Yuryo mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-185448.html | title=Yuryo mine, Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsj.jp/data/bull-gsj/02-01_04.pdf|trans-title=Report on the Ore Deposits of Yuryo Mine, Ehime Prefecture |first1=Zensuke |last1=YOSHIDA |first2=Sakiyuki |last2=MONONOBE |script-title=ja:愛媛県優量鉱山調萱報蕾 |language=ja}}
|{{coord|33.707|132.803|}}
|
|1938
|1954
|
|-
|Hirota mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-224830.html | title=Hirota mine, Hirota-mura, Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/20/100/20_100_138/_pdf |trans-title=Geology and Ore Deposits of the Hirota Mine |first1=Hirosuke |last1=AGUI |first2=Shoichiro |last2=KOJIMA |first3=Setsuo |last3=KANDA |script-title=ja:広 田 鉱 山 の 地 質 お よ び 鉱 床 |language=ja}}
|{{coord|33.65|132.8|}}
|
|1917
|1930
|
|-
|Takaura mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-224853.html | title=Takaura mine, Ikata (Sadamisaki Peninsula), Ehime, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsj.jp/data/50KGM/PDF/GSJ_MAP_G050_13067_1959_D.pdf|title=EXPLANATORY TEXT OF THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF JAPAN Scale 1 : 50,000 IYOMISAKI Kōchi, No. 67 |author1=TADASHI KIMURA |author2=KŌJIRŌ KOMURA |date=1957}}
|{{coord|33.376|132.122|}}
|
|1914
|1965
|
|-
|{{coord|33.412|132.181|}}
|
|?
|closed
|
|-
|{{coord|32.842|131.578|}}
|
|?
|?
|also contains boron and fluorine minerals
|-
|Matsubara-douzan mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-64315.html | title=Matsubara-dohzan mine, Tokunoshima (Tokuno Island), Kagoshima, Japan |website=mindat.org}}
|{{Coord|27.861|128.917|}}
|
|1903
|1928
|
|-
|{{Coord|28.459|129.61|}}
|
|?
|closed
|
|-
|Mitate mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-108152.html | title=Mitate mine, Hinokage-cho, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/geosoc1893/21/255/21_255_9/_pdf |title=The Pyrrhotite Tin Vein of the Mitate Mine, Prov., Hyuga, Japan. |first=Takeo |last=Kato}}
|{{Coord|32.775|131.472|}}
|Rasa Industries
|1915
|1970
|on slopes of Mount Sobo
|-
|Makimine mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-159553.html | title=Makimine mine, Hinokage-cho, Miyazaki, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{Cite book|url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000006834337-00|title=Makimine Mine (Copper) - Mitsubishi Mining Co., Ltd., Miyazaki|date=March 28, 1946|via=National Diet Library Catalogue}}Geological Survey Professional Paper, issues 554-558, p. 45
|{{Coord|32.63|131.458|}}
|Mitsubishi
|194x
|?
|
|-
|Iwato mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-143452.html | title=Iwato mine, Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima, Japan |website=mindat.org}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/34/187/34_187_343/_pdf |title=Age of mineralization of the Nansatsu type gold deposits, Kagoshima, Japan-K-Ar dating of alunite from Kasuga, Iwato and Akeshi |first1=Eiji |last1=IZAWA |first2=Yukitoshi |last2=URASHIMA |first3=Yoshikazu |last3=OKUB |journal=Mining Geology |volume=34 |issue=5 |date=1984 |pages=343–351}}
|{{Coord|31.277|130.326|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|33.7|130.85|}}
|
|?
|?
|includes Yokozuru mine
|-
|Yoshiwara mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-186714.html | title=Yoshiwara mine (Yoshihara mine), Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka, Japan}}[https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/9/37/9_37_276/_pdf "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]
|{{coord|33.75|130.85|}}
|
|1910
|1971
|
|-
|Ōizumi mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-146011.html | title=Ou'izumi mine (Oizumi mine), Yamagata, Japan}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsj.jp/data/bull-gsj/02-07_05.pdf|title="Report of Copper, Lead and Zinc Deposits of Oizumi Mine, Yamagata Prefecture", by Tomio Hattori}}{{Cite web|url=http://jp.geoview.info/oizumi_abandoned_mine_da_quan_kuang_shan_ji,28383556p|title=Oizumi abandoned mine}}
|{{coord|38.413|139.728|}}
|
|1882
|1950
|
|-
|Ohori mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-45608.html|title=Ohori mine (Ou'hori mine; Obori mine), Mogami, Mogami District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}[https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/10/39/10_39_8/_pdf "Ore Deposits of the Ohori Mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan" by T. TAKEUCHI, A. SUGAKI, T. SUZUKI. and H. ABE]
|{{coord|38.746|140.464|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Isobe-Koyama mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-217133.html|title = Isobe-Koyama Mine, Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan}}{{Cite journal|url=https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/130003639126|title=The Gold and Copper Ore Deposits of the Isobe Koyma Mine, Yamagata Prefecture|first1=Kiyoshi|last1=ISOBE|first2=HOSHINA|last2=Kôje|first3=Asahiko|last3=SUGAKI|date=March 28, 1967|journal=Mining Geology|volume=17|issue=81|pages=22–37|via=CiNii|doi=10.11456/shigenchishitsu1951.17.22}}
|{{coord|38.45|140.217|}}
|
|1932
|1977
|
|-
|Akayama mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-159561.html|title = Akayama mine, Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan}}{{Cite web|url=http://www2.jan.ne.jp/~ida-noru/akayama-engl.html|title=Welcome to Ida Minoru's Home Page|website=www2.jan.ne.jp}}
|{{coord|38.074|140.303|}}
|
|16xx
|1972
|also contains some zinc, silver and gold
|-
|{{coord|38.967|141.519|}}
|
|1949
|1974
|also contains some uranium, silver and gold
|-
|Oarasawa-Akutozawa mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-224857.html|title = Oarasawa-Akutozawa Mine, Waga District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan}}
|{{coord|39.274|140.894|}}
|
|1907
|1920
|116 kt Cu produced
|-
|Hanawa 2 mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-159524.html|title = Hanawa mine, Tayama, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan}}
|{{coord|40.176|140.867|}}
|
|?
|?
|not to be confused with Hanawa manganese mine in Miyako, Iwate
|-
|Unekura mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-171332.html|title = Unekura mine, Yuda, Nishiwaga, Iwate Prefecture, Japan}}{{Cite book | url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000006834812-00 | title=Unekura Mine (Copper) - Dowa Kogyo K.K., Iwate| year=1946}}
|{{coord|39.233|140.85|}}
|Dowa Kogyo K. K.
|?
|open
|
|-
|Akaishi mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-159504.html|title = Akaishi mine, Yuda, Nishiwaga, Iwate Prefecture, Japan}}
|{{coord|39.36|140.792|}}
|
|1914
|1973
|
|-
|Tsunatori mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-108091.html | title=Tsunatori mine, Waga, Kitakami City, Iwate, Japan}}
|{{coord|39.304|140.942|}}
|
|1908
|1962
|
|-
|{{coord|39.311|140.889|}}
|
|1911
|1974
|also called Wagasennin mine
|-
|Mizusawa mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-108053.html | title=Mizusawa mine, Waga, Kitakami City, Iwate, Japan}}
|{{coord|39.437|140.776|}}
|
|1717
|?
|
|-
|Yokota mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-205615.html|title = Yokota Mine, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan}}[https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/16/76-77/16_76-77_106/_pdf Internal Structure of Black-Ore Deposit of the Yokota Mine by Taken HIRABAYASHI]{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsj.jp/data/bulletin/58_01_02.pdf|title=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}}
|{{coord|37.388|139.442|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{coord|37.058|139.658|}}
|
|1952
|1970
|
|-
|Takanokura mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-132463.html|title = Takanokura mine, Soma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan}}
|{{coord|37.626|140.822|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Tada mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-132661.html|title = Tada mine (Tada-gin-douzan; Tada-ginzan; Tada silver-copper mine), Inagawa-cho, Kawabe District, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan}}
|{{coord|34.893|135.358|}}
|Nihon Kogyo
|1211
|1973
|
|-
|{{coord|36.794|139.814|}}
|
|1946
|1965
|
|-
|Kidogasawa mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-224803.html|title = Kidogasawa Mine, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan}}
|{{coord|36.797|139.7|}}
|
|1940
|1974
|
|-
|Chichibu mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-2177.html | title=Chichibu mining district (Chichibu mine), Nakatsugawa, Ohtaki-mura, Chichibu City, Saitama, Japan}}
|{{coord|36.022|138.817|}}
|
|708
|?
|first ever copper mine of Japan
|-
|Fujigatani mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-11275.html|title=Fujigatani mine, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}
|{{coord|34.144|132.017|}}
|
|1955
|1977
|closed
|-
|{{coord|34.549|131.703|}}
|
|?
|?
|closed
|-
|Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-108163.html | title=Iwami mine (Iwami-ginzan), Ōda City, Shimane, Japan}}{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1246/|title=Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape|first=UNESCO World Heritage|last=Centre|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre}}
|{{Coord|35.164|132.442|}}
|
|130#
|1923
|world leading medieval silver producer
|-
|Tsumo mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-19893.html|title=Tsumo mine, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}[https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/18/88-89/18_88-89_92/_pdf Geology and Ore Deposits of the Tsumo Mine by Masami AKATSUKA]
|{{Coord|34.65|131.986|}}
|
|195x
|?
|
|-
|Yoshioka mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-108058.html | title=Yoshioka mine, Nariwa-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan}}
|{{Coord|34.858|133.458|}}
|
|1905
|1972
|
|-
|Sasaune mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-146148.html | title=Sasaune mine, Nariwa-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan}}{{Cite web | url=http://buraneta.com/en/neta.php?id=163 | title=Sasaune tunnel of Fukiya copper mine｜Travel in Japan｜BuraNeta}}
|{{Coord|34.853|133.472|}}
|
|?
|196#
|also produced iron pigment
|-
|Shin-mikawa mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-264125.html | title=Shin-mikawa mine, Yakage-cho, Oda-gun, Okayama, Japan}}
|{{Coord|34.633|133.583|}}
|
|1916
|1957
|
|-
|{{Coord|34.611|133.797|}}
|
|1906
|1947
|
|-
|Yanahara mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-69573.html|title=Yanahara mine (Yanahara mining district), Misaki-cho, Kume District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}{{cite web |url=http://www.town.misaki.okayama.jp/manabi/sisetsu/kouzan.htm |title=柵原ふれあい鉱山公園 |accessdate=2011-06-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906164743/http://www.town.misaki.okayama.jp/manabi/sisetsu/kouzan.htm |archivedate=2011-09-06 }}
|{{Coord|34.958|134.069|}}
|
|195#
|1970
|also produced iron oxide for audio tapes
|-
|Takara mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-205616.html|title = Takara mine, Tsuru City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn856 | title=Porter GeoConsultancy - Ore Deposit Description}}
|{{Coord|35.575|138.85|}}
|
|1942
|1962
|also produced pyrite
|-
|{{Coord|35.085|137.833|}}
|
|1897
|open
|
|-
|{{Coord|37.683|139.483|}}
|Furukawa
|1738
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|36.293|136.592|}}
|
|1884
|1971
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.852|137.063|}}
|
|1674
|1916
|
|-
|Nojiri mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-186011.html | title=Nojiri mine, Ono City, Fukui, Japan}}
|{{Coord|35.876|136.717|}}
|
|?
|1968
|Underwater after construction of Kuzuryu Dam
|-
|Nakatatsu mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-135454.html|title = Nakatatsu mine, Ono City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan}}
|{{Coord|35.873|136.578|}}
|
|?
|?
|Closed
|-
|Nakauri mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-2191.html|title = Nakauri mine, Shinshiro city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan}}
|{{Coord|34.849|137.552|}}
|
|1953
|1953
|worked for 3 months
|-
|{{Coord|39.3|141.683|}}
|
|1727
|1993
|Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war
|-
|Ashio copper mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-6800.html|title = Ashio mine (Ashio copper mine), Ashio, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan}}
|{{Coord|36.633|139.444|}}
|Furukawa
|1600
|1973
|Largest copper output during late 19th century, place of 1907 Ashio riot
|-
|{{Coord|37.171|140.915|}}
|
|1945
|1974
|
|-
|{{Coord|32.842|131.578|}}
|mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki
|
|1617
|1954
|
|-
|{{ill|Horobetsu mine|ja|幌別鉱山}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-73136.html | title=Horobetsu mine (Horobetsu gold-silver-copper mine), Noboribetsu City, Iburi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|{{Coord|42.475|141.05|}}
|
|1898
|1973
|
|-
|{{Coord|44.215|142.701|}}
|
|1941
|1979
|
|-
|{{ill|Kunitomi Mine|ja|国富鉱山}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-217330.html | title=Kunitomi Mine, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|{{Coord|43.008|140.658|}}
|
|1909
|1945
|
|-
|{{Coord|42.772|140.293}}
|
|?
|1962
|
|-
|{{coord|35.283|134.667|}}
|
|1908
|1987
|
|-
|{{coord|33.653|135.819|}}
|Higashimuro District, Wakayama
|
|1948
|1965
|
|-
|{{Coord|38.613|140.331|}}
|
|?
|open
|lignite rich in germanium
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|33.514|132.656|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Gold
|{{coord|33.376|132.122|}}
|
|1914
|1965
|
|-
|Taio gold mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-23643.html | title=Taio mine, Taio, Oita Prefecture, Japan}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.discover-oita.com/|title=Discover Oita | Oita, Japan | Tourism Information|website=www.discover-oita.com}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|33.139|130.894|}}
|
|1896
|1972
|now museum
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|33.481|131.517|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|30.359|130.529|}}
|
|?
|1958
|leading tungsten producer
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|31.277|130.326|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Onoyama mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-73118.html | title=Onoyama gold mine, Kagoshima, Japan}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|31.938|130.731|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Akeshi mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-143456.html | title=Akeshi mine, Chiran-cho, Minamikyushu City, Kagoshima, Japan}}[https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/4/14/4_14_205/_pdf "Geology and Ore Deposits of the Kasuga Mine and Akeshi Mine, in the Makurazaki District, Kagoshima Prefecture", by Masayuki TOKUNAGA]
|Gold
|{{Coord|31.31|130.379|}}
|
|?
|198x
|closed
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|31.266|130.275|}}
|
|?
|open
|silica with gold as by-product
|-
|Kushikino mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-53663.html|title=Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}[https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/26/137/26_137_165/_pdf "Recent Exploration of the Arakawa Veins, Kushikino Mine, Kagoshima Prefecture", by Minoru SUKESHITA, Kazuto UEMURA]
|Gold
|{{Coord|31.754|130.3|}}
|Mitsui mining
|195#
|closed
|
|-
|Yamagano mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-108008.html | title=Yamagano mine, Yokogawa-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.jtdweb.org/journal/2006/009_Arikawa.pdf|title=The Yamagano Gold Mine Revisited}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|31.919|130.617|}}
|
|1642
|1965
|
|-
|Hishikari mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-133415.html | title=Hishikari mine (Hishikari gold mine), Kagoshima, Japan}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.smm.co.jp/E/business/resource/domestic/hishikari/kyoten.html|title=Core Facilities : Hishikari Mine}}[https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/36/196/36_196_117/_pdf "Geology and development of the Hishikari mine", by Ichiro ABE, Hideo SUZUKI, Atsuo ISOGAMI, Toshiyuki GOTO]
|Gold
|{{Coord|31.992|130.708|}}
|1985
|open
|the only open gold mine of Japan as in 2014
|-
|Fuke mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-216967.html | title=Fuke mine, Kagoshima, Japan}}{{Cite book|url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000006833980-00|title=Fuke Mine (Gold Silver) - Toa Mining Co., Ltd., Kagoshima|date=March 28, 1946|via=National Diet Library Catalogue}}[https://ds.lib.kyutech.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10228/3650/1/tech2_p69_80.pdf "Geology and Ore Deposits of the FUKE Gold Mine, KAGOSHIMA Prefecture", by Yamamoto Takashi]
|Gold
|{{Coord|32.15|130.617|}}
|Toa mining
|1937
|1976
|also nearby Okuchi mine
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|33.7|130.85|}}
|
|?
|?
|includes Yokozuru mine
|-
|Yoshino mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-53669.html|title=Yoshino mine, Nanyō City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/11/45-46/11_45-46_109/_pdf|title="Ore Deposits and Prospecting of the Yoshino Mine", by Shozaburo NISHIZAWA, Shunji NAKAJIMA, Hiroto MOMOSE and Masayuki ABE}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ganko1941/43/3/43_3_113/_article|title=On the genesis of Yoshino mine, Yamagata Prefecture|first=Tomojiro|last=Yamawaki|date=March 28, 1959|journal=The Journal of the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists|volume=43|issue=3|pages=113–130|via=J-Stage|doi=10.2465/ganko1941.43.113|doi-access=free}}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
|Gold
|{{coord|38.153|140.197|}}
|
|?
|1975
|
|-
|Gold
|{{coord|38.45|140.217|}}
|
|1932
|1977
|
|-
|Gold
|{{coord|38.867|141.522|}}
|
|1915
|1971
|
|-
|Gold
|{{coord|39.304|140.942|}}
|
|1908
|1962
|
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|35.358|134.625|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|35.246|134.647|}}
|
|1961
|1983
|
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|35.611|134.736|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|34.902|134.314|}}
|
|1921
|1985
|
|-
|Nebazawa mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-121153.html|title = Nebazawa mine, Katashina, Gunma Prefecture, Japan}}[https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/31/166/31_166_81/_pdf On the geology, ore deposits and exploration of the Nebazawa gold-silver mine, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. By Keiji NAKANO, Noritaka SATO and Tohru YAMADA]
|Gold
|{{Coord|36.871|139.322|}}
|
|1961
|1982
|
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|35.164|132.442|}}
|
|130#
|1923
|world leading medieval silver producer
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|34.65|131.986|}}
|
|1950x
|?
|
|-
|Seikoshi mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-2204.html|title = Seikoshi mine (Seigoshi Mine; Seigoushi mine), Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.mikesblender.com/haikyo_seikoshi.php | title=Mike's Blender - Haikyo / Ruins - Seikoshi Gold and Silver Mine}}
|Gold
|{{coord|34.9|138.827|}}
|
|1935
|1983
|
|-
|Gold
|{{coord|34.699|138.922|}}
|
|1915
|1959
|
|-
|Yugashima mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-185929.html | title=Yugashima mine, Amagi-Yugashima, Shizuoka, Japan}}
|Gold
|{{coord|34.881|138.914|}}
|
|1939
|1958
|
|-
|Mochikoshi mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-185928.html|title = Mochikoshi mine, Amagi-Yugashima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan}}
|Gold
|{{coord|34.876|138.864|}}
|
|1929
|1952
|
|-
|Sado mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-53677.html|title=Sado mine, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}
|Gold
|{{coord|38.038|138.261|}}
|
|1601
|1974
|
|-
|Togi mine{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-217126.html|title = Togi Mine, Shika-machi, Hakui District, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.shikagen.net/meisan/kinzan/kinzan.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403222808/http://www.shikagen.net/meisan/kinzan/kinzan.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 3, 2016 | title=Unknown}}
|Gold
|{{coord|37.144|136.783|}}
|Mitsubishi Metal Mining
|1906
|1942
|
|-
|Gold
|{{coord|36.067|137.024|}}
|
|159#
|?
|
|-
|Gold
|{{coord|35.178|137.629|}}
|
|15##
|1956
|
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|39.3|141.683|}}
|
|1727
|1993
|Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war
|-
|Nishizawa mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-16990.html | title=Nishizawa mine, Kuriyamamura, Nikko City, Tochigi, Japan}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|36.869|139.498|}}
|
|1928
|?
|
|-
|{{ill|Chitose mine|ja|千歳鉱山}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-185317.html | title=Chitose mine, Chitose, Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|42.725|141.217|}}
|
|1936
|1974
|
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|44.542|142.817|}}
|
|?
|1943
|
|-
|Konomai gold mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-13950.html|title=Konomai mines (Kohnomai mine), Monbetsu (Mombetsu), Saru District, Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|44.135|143.349|}}
|
|1917
|1973
|
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|42.475|141.05|}}
|
|1898
|1973
|
|-
|{{ill|Sanru mine|ja|珊瑠鉱山}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-108112.html | title=Sanru mine, Shimokawa, Kamikawa Province, Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|44.383|142.642|}}
|
|1926
|1983
|
|-
|Kitanoo mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-216944.html | title=Kitanoo Mine, Kitami, Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|43.925|143.569|}}
|
|1924
|1943
|
|-
|{{ill|Teine mine|ja|手稲山}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-13236.html|title=Teine mine, Sapporo City, Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|43.092|141.203|}}
|
|1941
|1971
|
|-
|{{ill|Shizukari Mine|ja|静狩金山}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-216945.html | title=Shizukari Mine, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|42.6|140.458|}}
|
|1918
|1962
|
|-
|Ponshikaribetsu mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-259042.html | title=Ponshikaribetsu mine, Yoichi, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|43.184|140.786|}}
|
|1891
|open
|
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|43.008|140.925|}}
|
|1903
|1974
|
|-
|Gold
|{{coord|34.908|138.793|}}
|Toi
|1370
|1965
|
|-
|{{ill|Kōryū Mine|ja|恵庭鉱山}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-19214.html | title=Koryu mine (Kohryu mine), Ishikari Province, Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|Gold
|{{Coord|42.793|141.286|}}
|
|1935
|1943
|
|-
|Gold
|{{Coord|36.234|136.954|}}
|
|?
|closed
|large gold deposit
|-
|Sennotani mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-218523.html | title=Sennotani mine, Ohara, Toyama City, Toyama, Japan}}
|{{Coord|36.71|137.167|}}
|
|?
|1967
|85% of graphite producer of Japan in 1951
|-
|{{Coord|36.234|136.954|}}
|
|?
|closed
|Leading graphite producer of Japan
|-
|Toyoha mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-13237.html|title=Toyoha mine, Minami-ku, Sapporo City, Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}
|{{Coord|42.98|141.041|}}
|
|?
|2006
|World leading indium producer until exhausted
|-
|Kunimiyama mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-56377.html | title=Kunimiyama mine, Kochi, Japan}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/3/10/3_10_207/_pdf|title="Iron-Manganese Deposits of Kunimiyama Mine, Kochi Prefecture" by Takeo SAWAMURA, Mayumi YOSHINAGA}}
|Iron
|{{Coord|33.631|133.419|}}
|
|?
|closed
|
|-
|Iron
|{{Coord|33.7|130.85|}}
|
|?
|?
|includes Yokozuru mine
|-
|Kabasawa mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-171322.html | title=Kabasawa mine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsj.jp/data/bull-gsj/12-03_07.pdf|title=Report on Iron Sand Deposits near Kabasawa Mine, Miyagi Prefecture}}
|Iron
|{{coord|38.326|140.728|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Matsuo mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-53766.html | title=Matsuo mine, Iwate, Japan}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/08/the-mist-wreathed-apartments-of-matsuo-mine/|title=The mist-wreathed ruin of Matsuo mine | Michael John Grist / Mike Grist|website=www.michaeljohngrist.com}}
|Iron
|{{coord|39.933|140.933|}}
|
|1914
|1971
|important iron and sulphur producer
|-
|Iron
|{{coord|39.311|140.889|}}
|
|1911
|1974
|also called Wagasennin mine
|-
|Iron
|{{Coord|36.653|138.597|}}
|
|1943
|1975
|
|-
|Akatani mine
|Iron
|{{Coord|37.808|139.492|}}
|
|1925
|1975
|
|-
|Suwa mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-64584.html | title=Suwa mine, Chino City, Nagano, Japan}}
|Iron
|{{Coord|36.044|138.275|}}
|
|?
|195#
|
|-
|Iron
|{{Coord|39.167|141.333|}}
|
|1912
|1974
|
|-
|Iron
|{{Coord|39.3|141.683|}}
|
|1727
|1993
|Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war
|-
|Iron
|{{Coord|41.895|140.699|}}
|
|1897
|1960
|
|-
|Kutchan mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-64333.html | title=Kutchan mine, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|Iron
|{{Coord|42.91|140.778|}}
|
|?
|?
|Dominant iron producer of Japan during Pacific War
|-
|Taishu mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-59047.html|title=Taishu mine, Azu, Tsushima-Shimoshima island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/11/45-46/11_45-46_99/_pdf|title="Structural Localization of Ore Shoot at the Taishu Mine, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan", by Yukio UEHARA and Shuro MATSUHASHI}}
|{{Coord|34.221|129.219|}}
|
|699
|open
|initially mined for silver, later switched for kaolinite
|-
|{{Coord|32.358|130.033|}}
|
|?
|open
|
|-
|Itaya mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-146260.html|title=Itaya deposit (Itaya mine), Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}T. Sudo, S. Shimoda, "Clays and Clay Minerals of Japan", p. 191
|{{Coord|37.772|140.25|}}
|
|?
|?
|paper-clay
|-
|Hiraki mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-159549.html|title=Hiraki mine, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}[https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ganko/90/9/90_9_310/_pdf Ko Ko Myint and Makoto Watanabe, "Hydrothermal kaolin deposit at the Hiraki mine, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan : Geology and geochemical mass-transfer", J. Min. Petr. Econ. Geol., vol. 90, pp. 310-326, 1995]
|{{Coord|34.958|135.1|}}
|
|?
|open
|High purity, used for fiber optics
|-
|Hattori-Kawai mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-224873.html|title=Hattori-Kawai Mine, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}
|{{Coord|36.393|136.597|}}
|Nomi, Ishikawa and
Hakusan, Ishikawa
|
|1930
|open
|Hattori mine in Nomi closed in 2001
|-
|Shakanai mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-105855.html|title=Shakanai mine, Odate, Akita Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}
|Lead
|{{Coord|40.308|140.578|}}
|?
|?
|also contains Germanium, Indium and Gold
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|40.337|140.754|}}
|18##
|?
|
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|40.309|140.552|}}
|Kajima, Dowa mining
|1885
|?
|the site of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828141232/http://www.iwanami.co.jp/jpworld/text/hanaoka01.html Hanaoka Incident] during WWII
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|32.775|131.472|}}
|Rasa Industries
|1915
|1970
|on slopes of Mount Sobo
|-
|Lead
|{{coord|38.746|140.464|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Yatani mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-26672.html|title=Yatani mine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}[https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/28/149/28_149_177/_pdf "Geology and ore deposits of the Yatani Mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, with special reference to some suggestions on exploration", By Noritaka SATO, Isao TAKATORI and Shoji YANAGISAWA]
|Lead
|{{coord|37.775|140.017|}}
|
|?
|?
|also some gold and silver{{Cite web|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/19/94-95/19_94-95_113/_pdf|title=Geology and Ore Deposits of the Yatani Mine, with Special Reference to the Gold and Silver Veins, by Hirohumi TANIGUCHI}}
|-
|Lead
|{{coord|38.413|139.728|}}
|
|1882
|1950
|
|-
|Nissho mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-224834.html|title=Nissho Mine, Mogami District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}[https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shigenchishitsu1951/14/67/14_67_248/_pdf "Geology of the Nissho Mine, Yamagata Prefecture, with Special Reference to the Tertiary Granitic Rocks", by Sachio ORIMOTO]
|Lead
|{{Coord|38.992|140.242|}}
|
|1937
|1963
|
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|38.808|140.9|}}
|
|1898
|1977
|now become an amusement park
|-
|Lead
|{{coord|40.176|140.867|}}
|
|?
|?
|not to be confused with Hanawa manganese mine in Miyako, Iwate
|-
|Taro mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-205617.html|title=Taro mine, Taro, Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://haikyo.org/taro-mine/|title=Taro Mine|date=October 2, 2011|website=Haikyo: Abandoned Japan}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tomboy-urbex.com/taro-mine/|title=Abandoned Taro Mine|date=11 October 2011 }}
|Lead
|{{Coord|39.758|141.933|}}
|
|1936
|1979
|reused for Cosmic-ray observatory of Meisei University
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|34.65|131.986|}}
|
|195x
|?
|
|-
|Wanibuchi mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-217342.html|title=Wanibuchi mine, Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mukimate1953/1959/43/1959_43_498/_pdf |trans-title=Outline on Wanibuchi Mine |first=Fumito |last=Simizu |journal=Gypsum & Lime |volume=43 |date=1959 |script-title=ja:鰐 淵 鉱 業 所 の 概 要 |language=ja}}
|Lead
|{{Coord|35.417|132.75|}}
|
|?
|?
|also important gypsum producer
|-
|Nanetsu mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-185377.html | title=Nanetsu mine, Muika, Niigata, Japan}}
|Lead
|{{Coord|37.094|139.042|}}
|
|1963
|1971
|
|-
|Asahi-budo mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-218455.html|title=Asahi-Budo Mine, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}
|Lead
|{{Coord|38.4|139.561|}}
|
|1941
|1957
|
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|37.75|139.413|}}
|
|1632
|1961
|
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|35.852|137.063|}}
|
|1674
|1916
|
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|36.167|138.483|}}
|
|?
|?
|Closed
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|35.873|136.578|}}
|
|?
|?
|Closed
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|42.98|141.041|}}
|
|?
|2006
|World leading indium producer until exhausted
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|32.842|131.578|}}
|mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki
|
|1617
|1954
|
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|43.242|143.722|}}
|
|1934
|1964
|
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|43.217|140.7|}}
|
|?
|1963
|
|-
|Lead
|{{Coord|42.772|140.293}}
|
|?
|1962
|
|-
|Nagatare mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-53666.html | title=Nagatare (Nagatareyama; Nagatare mine), Fukuoka, Japan}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272322434|title=Li tourmaline from Nagatare, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan | Request PDF}}
|{{coord|33.583|130.283|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Ananai mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-23325.html | title=Ananai mine, Nankoku city, Kochi, Japan}}
|{{Coord|33.692|133.647|}}
|
|?
|closed
|
|-
|{{Coord|33.631|133.419|}}
|
|?
|closed
|
|-
|{{coord|33.8|133.033|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{coord|38.413|139.728|}}
|
|1882
|1950
|
|-
|{{Coord|39.917|141.9|}}
|
|?
|?
|a type location for a number of rare minerals
|-
|Hanawa mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-64999.html | title=Hanawa mine, Miyako City, Iwate, Japan}}
|{{Coord|39.641|141.957|}}
|
|?
|?
|closed
|-
|Noda-Tamagawa mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-16999.html|title=Noda-Tamagawa mine, Noda, Kunohe-gun, Iwate Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}{{Cite journal|url=https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/130003817558|title=THE MINERALS OF THE NODA-TAMAGAWA MINE, IWATÉ PREFECTURE, JAPAN:II. Pyrochroite Ore (Kimiman-kô) and Its Origin|first1=TAKEO|last1=WATANABE|first2=AKIRA|last2=KATO|first3=JUN|last3=ITO|date=March 28, 1960|journal=Mineralogical Journal|volume=3|issue=1|pages=30–41|via=CiNii|doi=10.2465/minerj1953.3.30|doi-access=free}}
|{{Coord|40.073|141.808|}}
|
|1950
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.808|139.125|}}
|
|?
|?
|now submerged, also called Hakumaru mine
|-
|Kaso mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-2198.html | title=Kaso Mine, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan}}{{Cite book | url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000006834228-00?ar=4e1f | title=Kaso Mine (Manganese, Silicon Dioxide) - Imai, Genichiro, Tochigi| year=1947}}
|{{Coord|36.604|139.633|}}
|
|1947
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|36.856|139.328|}}
|
|1941
|1945
|
|-
|{{Coord|36.551|139.308|}}
|
|?
|?
|closed
|-
|{{Coord|35.973|137.9|}}
|
|1925
|1966
|large deposits
|-
|Searashi mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-264260.html | title=Searashi mine, Nanao City, Ishikawa, Japan}}
|{{Coord|37.116|136.88|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.533|135.85|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.119|137.546|}}
|
|?
|?
|also Pyroxmangite gems
|-
|{{Coord|32.842|131.578|}}
|mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki
|
|1617
|1954
|
|-
|{{Coord|41.667|140.053|}}
|
|?
|?
|Dominant manganese producer of Japan
|-
|{{Coord|43.15|140.633|}}
|
|1946
|open
|Largest manganese deposit in Japan
|-
|{{ill|Ryūshōden mine|ja|竜昇殿鉱山}}
|{{coord|44.312|143.321|}}
|
|1943
|1974
|
|-
|Tosakubo mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-215106.html | title=Tosakubo mine, Kochi, Japan}}
|{{Coord|33.8|133.95|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|33.832|133.383|}}
|
|?
|1973
|
|-
|Itomuka mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-54164.html | title=Itomuka mine, Tokoro-gun, Okhotsk Subprefecture (Abashiri Province), Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|{{Coord|43.683|143.167|}}
|
|1941
|1974
|dominant mercury producer of Japan
|-
|{{Coord|35.288|132.989|}}
|
|1954
|1966
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.296|132.978|}}
|
|1950
|1966
|
|-
|{{Coord|36.171|136.917|}}
|
|1931
|1979
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.086|132.997|}}
|
|1943
|1984
|
|-
|{{Coord|40.19|141.776|}}
|
|1943
|1965
|
|-
|{{Coord|38.867|141.35|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Kamogawa mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-28753.html | title=Kamogawa Mine (Mineoka Mine), Tawara-mura, Awa-gun, Chiba, Japan}}{{Cite book | url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000006834384-00 | title=Mineoka Mine (Nickel) - Kamogawa Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd., Chiba| year=1935}}
|{{Coord|35.117|139.833|}}
|
|1935
|?
|also called Kameoka mine
|-
|{{Coord|35.283|137.85|}}
|
|?
|open
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.483|135.617|}}
|Mori Kogyo
|?
|Open
|also silica mining
|-
|Yamanoyoshida mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-28743.html|title=Yamanoyoshida mine, Yamanoyoshida-mura, Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}
|{{Coord|34.833|137.5|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Kamikawa mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-28752.html | title=Kamikawa mine, Kamii-mura, Kamikawa Province, Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|{{Coord|43.848|142.77|}}
|
|1941
|1945
|
|-
|Otanibira quarry{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-246206.html | title=Otanibira quarry, Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou island), Mishima village, Kagoshima, Japan}}{{Cite web|url=https://gbank.gsj.jp/volcano/Act_Vol/satsumaioujima/vr/edoc/001.html|title=Introduction to Satsuma-iojima - Iwojima|website=gbank.gsj.jp}}
|{{Coord|30.791|130.305|}}
|
|?
|1997
|initially mined for sulphur
|-
|{{Coord|33.796|133.253|}}
|
|1877
|1972
|
|-
|{{Coord|33.139|130.894|}}
|
|1896
|1972
|now museum
|-
|{{Coord|33.481|131.517|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|34.221|129.219|}}
|
|699
|open
|initially mined for silver, later switched for kaolinite
|-
|{{Coord|31.277|130.326|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|31.754|130.3|}}
|Mitsui mining
|195#
|closed
|
|-
|{{Coord|31.919|130.617|}}
|
|1642
|1965
|
|-
|Fuke mine[https://ds.lib.kyutech.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10228/3650/1/tech2_p69_80.pdf "Geology and Ore Deposits of the FUKE Gold Mine, KAGOSHIMA Prefecture ", by Yamamoto Takashi]
|{{Coord|32.15|130.617|}}
|Toa mining
|1937
|1976
|also nearby Okuchi mine
|-
|{{coord|38.153|140.197|}}
|
|?
|1975
|
|-
|{{coord|38.867|141.522|}}
|
|1915
|1971
|
|-
|{{Coord|38.808|140.9|}}
|
|1898
|1977
|now become an amusement park
|-
|{{Coord|36.871|139.322|}}
|
|1961
|1982
|
|-
|{{coord|39.304|140.942|}}
|
|1908
|1962
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.246|134.647|}}
|
|1961
|1983
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.611|134.736|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{coord|34.893|135.358|}}
|Nihon Kogyo
|1211
|1973
|
|-
|{{Coord|34.902|134.314|}}
|
|1921
|1985
|
|-
|{{coord|36.794|139.814|}}
|
|1946
|1965
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.164|132.442|}}
|
|130#
|1923
|world leading medieval silver producer
|-
|{{coord|34.9|138.827|}}
|
|1935
|1983
|
|-
|{{coord|34.881|138.914|}}
|
|1939
|1958
|
|-
|{{coord|34.876|138.864|}}
|
|1929
|1952
|
|-
|{{coord|38.038|138.261|}}
|
|1601
|1974
|
|-
|{{coord|37.144|136.783|}}
|Mitsubishi Metal Mining
|1906
|1942
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.852|137.063|}}
|
|1674
|1916
|
|-
|{{Coord|39.3|141.683|}}
|
|1727
|1993
|Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war
|-
|{{Coord|42.98|141.041|}}
|
|?
|2006
|World leading indium producer until exhausted
|-
|{{Coord|36.869|139.498|}}
|
|1928
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.167|134.825|}}
|
|807
|1973
|
|-
|{{Coord|42.725|141.217|}}
|
|1936
|1974
|
|-
|{{Coord|44.542|142.817|}}
|
|?
|1943
|
|-
|{{Coord|44.135|143.349|}}
|
|1917
|1973
|important silver producer of Japan
|-
|{{Coord|42.475|141.05|}}
|
|1898
|1973
|
|-
|{{Coord|44.383|142.642|}}
|
|1926
|1983
|
|-
|{{Coord|43.925|143.569|}}
|
|1924
|1943
|
|-
|{{ill|Shizukari Mine|ja|静狩金山}}
|{{Coord|42.6|140.458|}}
|
|1918
|1962
|
|-
|{{Coord|42.772|140.293}}
|
|?
|1962
|
|-
|{{Coord|42.793|141.286|}}
|
|1935
|1943
|
|-
|{{Coord|33.9|134.247|}}
|
|?
|196#
|
|-
|{{Coord|33.828|133.472|}}
|Nippon Mining Co
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|33.933|133.633|}}
|
|1911
|1975
|also diamond-bearing Lherzolite
|-
|{{Coord|33.514|132.656|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Suzuyama mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-31927.html | title=Suzuyama mine, Suzuyama District, Kagoshima, Japan}}David M. Sutphin, Andrew E. Sabin, Bruce L. Reed, "International Strategic Minerals Inventory Summary Report: Tin", p. 44
|{{Coord|31.49|130.45|}}
|
|184x
|closed
|water treatment plant still active
|-
|{{Coord|39.758|141.933|}}
|
|1936
|1979
|reused for Cosmic-ray observatory of Meisei University
|-
|{{coord|39.933|140.933|}}
|
|1914
|1971
|important iron and sulphur producer
|-
|{{Coord|34.958|134.069|}}
|
|195#
|1970
|also produced iron oxide for audio tapes
|-
|Horobetsu sulphur mine{{Cite web | url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-262353.html | title=Horobetsu sulphur mine, Soubetsu-cho (Sobetsu-cho), Iburi Province, Hokkaidō, Japan}}
|{{Coord|42.565|140.976|}}
|
|1940
|1959
|
|-
|{{Coord|41.767|140.733|}}
|
|1904
|1952
|
|-
|{{Coord|41.895|140.699|}}
|
|1938
|1960
|
|-
|{{Coord|44.133|145.161|}}
|Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido
|
|1937
|?
|deposit created in volcanic eruption of 1936
|-
|{{Coord|43.452|144.099|}}
|
|1951
|open
|
|-
|Tin
|{{coord|32.8|131.55|}}
|
|16##
|?
|also mined for emery
|-
|Tin
|{{coord|32.842|131.578|}}
|
|?
|?
|also contains boron and fluorine minerals
|-
|Hoei mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-9901.html|title=Hoei mine (Hooei mine; Houei mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01160184|title=Potosiite and incaite from the Hoei mine, Japan|first1=M.|last1=Shimizu|first2=G. H.|last2=Moh|first3=A.|last3=Kato|date=June 1, 1992|journal=Mineralogy and Petrology|volume=46|issue=2|pages=155–161|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1007/BF01160184|bibcode=1992MinPe..46..155S|s2cid=140677832}}
|Tin
|{{Coord|32.859|131.453|}}
|
|?
|closed
|
|-
|Tin
|{{Coord|30.359|130.529|}}
|
|?
|1958
|leading tungsten producer
|-
|Tin
|{{Coord|32.775|131.472|}}
|Rasa Industries
|1915
|1970
|on slopes of Mount Sobo
|-
|Tin
|{{Coord|31.49|130.45|}}
|
|184x
|closed
|water treatment plant still active
|-
|Tin
|{{coord|34.893|135.358|}}
|Nihon Kogyo
|1211
|1973
|
|-
|Tin
|{{coord|35.283|134.667|}}
|
|1908
|1987
|dominant tin producer of Japan
|-
|Tin
|{{Coord|32.842|131.578|}}
|mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki
|
|1617
|1954
|
|-
|{{coord|38.326|140.728|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|30.359|130.529|}}
|
|?
|1958
|leading tungsten producer
|-
|{{coord|36.5|140.294|}}
|
|?
|?
|also Rhodochrosite gems
|-
|{{coord|34.217|132.025|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|{{coord|34.144|132.017|}}
|
|1955
|1977
|closed
|-
|{{Coord|34.65|131.986|}}
|
|195x
|?
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.586|137.468|}}
|Furukawa
|?
|?
|Closed
|-
|{{Coord|35.086|132.997|}}
|
|1911
|1984
|
|-
|{{coord|35.283|134.667|}}
|
|1908
|1987
|
|-
|{{Coord|35.033|135.517|}}
|
|1912
|1983
|
|-
|{{Coord|37.171|140.915|}}
|
|1945
|1974
|
|-
|Ningyo-toge mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-13944.html|title=Ningyo-toge mine (Ningyo-tohge mine), Tottori Prefecture, Japan|website=www.mindat.org}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/japan/ningyotoge.htm | title=Ningyo-toge}}
|{{Coord|35.308|133.933|}}
|
|1969
|1982
|dominant uranium producer of Japan
|-
|{{Coord|35.408|137.233|}}
|
|2001
|open
|
|-
|{{coord|38.326|140.728|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|40.337|140.754|}}
|18##
|?
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|40.308|140.578|}}
|?
|?
|also contains Germanium, Indium and Gold
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|40.309|140.552|}}
|Kajima, Dowa mining
|1885
|?
|the site of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828141232/http://www.iwanami.co.jp/jpworld/text/hanaoka01.html Hanaoka Incident] during WWII
|-
|Zinc
|{{coord|32.842|131.578|}}
|
|?
|?
|also contains boron and fluorine minerals
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|32.775|131.472|}}
|Rasa Industries
|1915
|1970
|on slopes of Mount Sobo
|-
|Zinc
|{{coord|38.746|140.464|}}
|
|?
|?
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{coord|37.775|140.017|}}
|
|?
|?
|-
|Zinc
|{{coord|38.153|140.197|}}
|
|?
|1975
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{coord|38.413|139.728|}}
|
|1882
|1950
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|38.992|140.242|}}
|
|1937
|1963
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{coord|37.058|139.658|}}
|
|1952
|1970
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|38.808|140.9|}}
|
|1898
|1977
|now become an amusement park
|-
|Zinc
|{{coord|40.176|140.867|}}
|
|?
|?
|not to be confused with Hanawa manganese mine in Miyako, Iwate
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|39.758|141.933|}}
|
|1936
|1979
|reused for Cosmic-ray observatory of Meisei University
|-
|Zinc
|{{coord|36.797|139.7|}}
|
|1940
|1974
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|34.65|131.986|}}
|
|195x
|?
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|35.417|132.75|}}
|
|?
|?
|also important gypsum producer
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|35.575|138.85|}}
|
|1942
|1962
|also produced pyrite
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|37.094|139.042|}}
|
|1963
|1971
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|38.4|139.561|}}
|
|1941
|1957
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|37.75|139.413|}}
|
|1632
|1961
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|36.167|138.483|}}
|
|?
|?
|Closed
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|36.34|137.33|}}
|
|?
|2002
|Used to be leading Asian zinc mine until re-used for Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory.
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|35.852|137.063|}}
|
|1674
|1916
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|35.873|136.578|}}
|
|?
|?
|Closed
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|42.98|141.041|}}
|
|?
|2006
|World leading indium producer until exhausted
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|43.242|143.722|}}
|
|1934
|1964
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|43.217|140.7|}}
|
|?
|1963
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{Coord|42.772|140.293}}
|
|?
|1962
|
|-
|Zinc
|{{coord|35.283|134.667|}}
|
|1908
|1987
|
|-
|}
References
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External links
- [http://www.mindat.org/ Mining wiki]
- [https://www.gsj.jp/Map/files/DataSheet.xls MINERAL DEPOSIT DATA OF MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF EAST ASIA(2007)]
- [https://www.gsj.jp/ Geological Survey of Japan site]
- [https://gbank.gsj.jp/geonavi/geonavi.php#latlon/5,35.000,135.000 Interactive geological map of Japan]
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