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Besshi copper mine

Besshi copper mine, Japan, mining copper.

Why Besshi copper mine is famous

Japanese copper mine in Ehime prefecture. Only the opening year (1691, Wikidata inception) and the coordinates are verified; closure, output and depth still need an opened primary page.1

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What kind of deposit

Volcanogenic massive sulphide (Kuroko type)

Besshi copper mine today

Where copper is mined todayMining in Japan

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Mines

An example ofIwami Ginzan silver mineJapan's mines: Besshi copper opened in 1691, Iwami Ginzan silver was found in 1526.1

Deposit types

An example ofVolcanogenic massive sulphide (Kuroko type)Besshi copper mine belongs to the volcanogenic massive sulphide family of deposits.2

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q994193 (Besshi copper mine) Wikidata (CC0)
  2. Mineral Deposit Models (Bulletin 1693, Cox and Singer, eds., 1986) US Geological Survey

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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