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Japanese smithsonite localities

40 localities

A list of Japanese smithsonite localities described in citable papers and books. The list is edited based on the editing policy of location lists.

Year of description

Location (Prefecture, Synonym, Comments)

Year 1885

Kamioka mine (Gifu)

Year 1886

Mozumi mine (Gifu, Kamioka mine)

Year 1897

Hosokura mine (Miyagi, Takada mine)

Year 1899

Kuratani mine (Ishikawa)

Year 1908

Arakawa mine (Akita), Hisaichi mine (Akita), Hikage mine (Kagoshima), Kamegai mine (Toyama, Sasao mine), Nerimata mine (Fukui)

Year 1913

Naganobori mine (Yamaguchi)

Year 1930

Budo mine (Niigata, Asahi mine)

Year 1932

Yamato mine (Yamaguchi, Ofuku mine), Innai mine (Akita)

Year 1933

Iomi mine (Fukui), Bandojima mine (Fukui)

Year 1936

Hananoyama mine (Yamaguchi, Ota mine)

Year 1947

Kitabira mine (Yamaguchi)

Year 1955

Kato mine (Fukuoka, Tajima mine)

Year 1958

Taishu mine (Nagasaki, Sasu mine), Toroku mine (Miyazaki)

Year 1959

Obuki mine (Miyazaki)

Year 1961

Chichibu mine (Saitama, Akaiwa)

Year 1970

Kisanmori mine (Akita), Otani mine (Kagoshima)

Year 1972

Shichirizawa mine (Miyagi, Sanko mine, Santai mine)

Year 1974

Funaoka mine (Kyoto)

Year 1978

Ishibe mine (Shiga, Mount Shorai)

Year 1979

Goka mine (Gifu), Kurokawa mine (Gifu)

Year 1980

Sanpo mine (Okayama, Fe)

Year 1982

Maruyama mine (Hokkaido, Mn)

Year 1985

Haiyama (Shiga, Ishibe)

Year 1986

Ogibira mine (Okayama)

Year 1997

Mitate mine (Miyazaki)

Year 1999

Kiura mine (Oita)

Year 2001

Hirao mine (Osaka)

Year 2004

Hassei mine (Akita, Tsubaki mine, Hachimori mine)

Year 2006

Senami (Ishikawa, Mount Hakusan, meta)

Year 2013

Nokado mine (Tochigi)

Year 2021

Dogamaru Mine (Shimane)