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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Operation type
- Underground
- Workings
- Underground
- Discovered
- 1969
- First production
- 1973
Records and references
MINING MAG 9-76 V133 N09 P245. METALS SOURCEBOOK V11 N022 ITEM B5202MINING JOURNAL. INDUSTRY IN ACTION: DOWA FIND. JUNE 3,1977, P. 435. WORLD MINING. HOW TRACKLESS MINING IS APPLIED TO KUROKO OREDEPOSITS IN JAPAN. MAY 1976, PP. 68-71. WORLD MINING CATALOG, SURVEY AND DIRECTORY NUMBER. JAPAN. JUNE 1973, PP. 127-128. MINING MAGAZINE. RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUKASAWA MINE BYA TRACKLESS HAULAGE SYSTEM. DECEMBER, 1976, PP. 504-519. SAWAGUCHI, T., T. SHIMODA, AND S. TANIMURA. ON THE FUKUZAWAORE BODIES, AKITA PREFECTURE. GEOLOGY OF KUROKO DEPOSITS.1974, PP. 147-155. MINING JOURNAL. OXYGEN BOOST FOR FURUKAWA. DECEMBER 4,1978, P. 437. SHIKAWA, M., N. TONO, AND K. WASAKA. GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORA-TION FOR KUROKO DEPOSITS IN NORTHEAST HONSHU, JAPAN. IN-TERNATIONAL GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION SYMPOSIUM. ELSEVIERSCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK, 1975, PP. 65-76. LAMBERT, I. B., AND T. SATO. THE KUROKO AND ASSOCIATED OREDEPOSITS OF JAPAN: A REVIEW OF THEIR FEATURES AND METAL-LOGENESIS. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 69, 1974, PP. 1215-1236. DOWA DEVELOPING TSUNOKAKEZANWA KUROKO ORE BODY; BUILDSCRUSHING PLANT, WORLD MINING, JAN. 1976. IKI, DR. SHOJI, KUROKO BRINGS REVIVAL TO JAPANS DOMESTICMINING, WORLD MINING, APR. 1967, PP. 12-16. IZAWA, EIJI, YOSHIDA, TETSUO, AND SAITO, RYO, GEOCHEMICALCHARACTERISTICS OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AROUND THEFAKAZAWA KUROKO DEPOSIT, AKITA, JAPAN, MINING GEOLOGY,VOL. 28, 1978, PP. 325-335 . MARUYAMA, SADAD AND SATO, TAKEO, THE KUROKO AND ASSOCIATEDORE DEPOSITS OF JAPAN: A REVIEW OF THEIR FEATURES ANDMETALLOGENSIS, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 69, 1974, PP.1215-NIGHTINGALE, L.G. ED., FINANCIAL TIMES MINING INTERNATIONALYEARBOOK, LONGMAN, LONDON, 1980. SATO, TAKEO, DISTRIBUTION AND GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THEKUROKO DEPOSITS, SOC. OF MINING GEOLOGISTS OF JAPAN;GEOLOGY OF KUROKO DEPOSITS, MINING GEOLOGY SPECIAL ISSUE,NO. 6, 1974. MINING GEOLOGY, 1974, GEOLOGY OF KUROKO DEPOSITS, SPECIALISSUE NO. 6. SCOTT, S.D., STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF THE KUROKO DEPOSITS OFTHE HOKUROKU DISTRICT, PAPAN, MINING GEOLOGY, VOL. 28,1978, PP. 301-311.E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1991AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 12/2/93, P.5.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10133844 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 40.17847, 140.31861
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