| Mine | Produce | !Coordinates | Associated town | Owner | Opened | Closed | Comments< | --can include surface/placer/deep etc--> |
|---|
| Ichinokawa Mine[1] [2] | Antimony | 33.889°N 133.219°W | Saijō, Ehime | | 1659 | 1957 | |
| Kimu mine[3] | Antimony | 26.499°N 127.903°W | Okinawa Island | | ? | ? | |
| Tsugu mine[4] [5] | Antimony | 35.178°N 137.629°W | Shitara, Aichi | | 15## | 1956 | |
| Obira mine[6] | Arsenic | 32.842°N 131.578°W | Bungo-ōno, Oita | | ? | ? | also contains boron and fluorine minerals |
| Matsuiwa mine[7] | Arsenic | 38.967°N 141.519°W | Kesennuma, Miyagi | | 1949 | 1974 | also contains some uranium, silver and gold |
| Sasagatani mine[8] | Arsenic | 34.549°N 131.703°W | Tsuwano, Shimane | | ? | ? | closed |
| Akenobe mine[9] | Arsenic | 35.283°N 134.667°W | Yabu, Hyōgo | | 1908 | 1987 | |
| Asbestos | 43.267°N 142.403°W | Furano, Hokkaido | | 1942 | 1969 | |
| Gunma-tetsuzan[10] | Barium | | Nakanojō, Gunma | | 1943 | 1975 | |
| Minamishiraoi baryte mine[11] | Barium | | Shiraoi, Hokkaido | | 1950 | 1988 | |
| Barium | | | | 1932 | 1979 | |
| Fukuoka mine[12] | Beryllium | | Nakatsugawa, Gifu | Furukawa | ? | ? | Closed |
| Sannotake mine[13] [14] | Bismuth | | Tagawa, Fukuoka | | ? | ? | includes Yokozuru mine |
| Fukuoka mine | Bismuth | | Nakatsugawa, Gifu | Furukawa | ? | ? | Closed |
| Inaushi mine[15] | Bismuth | | Kitami, Hokkaido | | 1934 | 1964 | |
| Hosokura mine[16] [17] | Cadmium | | Kurihara, Miyagi | | 1898 | 1977 | now become an amusement park |
| Fuka mine[18] | Calcite | | Takahashi, Okayama | | ? | open | high purity, used for toothpaste |
| Hirose mine[19] | Chromium | | Hino, Tottori | | ? | ? | closed |
| Nittō mine[20] | Chromium | | Saru, Hokkaido | | 1917 | 1959 | |
| Amakusa coalfield[21] | coal | | Amakusa | | 186# | 1963 | closed but not depleted |
| Mogami coal field[22] [23] [24] | coal | | Ōishida, Yamagata | | ? | open | lignite rich in germanium |
| Iwate mine[25] | coal | | Iwaizumi, Iwate | | ? | ? | |
| coal | | Mikasa, Hokkaido | Hokutan | 1879 | 1989 | Went Bankrupt |
| Kami-sunagawa coal mine | coal | | Kamisunagawa | Mitsui | 1915 | 1986 | Japan Microgravity Centre |
| coal | | Yūbari | Hokutan | 1890 | 197# | Went Bankrupt |
| Hokutan Ikushunbetsu coal mine | coal | | Ikushunbetsu | Hokutan | 1885 | 1957 | |
| coal | | Ōmuta | Tachibana clan | 1872 | 1997 | |
| coal | | Hashima | Mitsubishi | 1869 | 1974 | Closed |
| coal | | Iriomote | Mitsui | 1886 | 1960 | Closed |
| coal | | Iriomote | Marusan Mining Company | 1936 | 1943 | Closed |
| Shirataki mine[26] [27] [28] | Cobalt | | Ōkawa, Kōchi | Nippon Mining Co | ? | ? | |
| Besshi copper mine[29] [30] | Cobalt | | Niihama, Ehime | Sumitomo | 1691 | 1973 | |
| Chiyogahara mine[31] | Cobalt | | Fujisawa, Iwate | | ? | ? | |
| Hitachi mine[32] [33] | Cobalt | | Hitachi, Ibaraki | | 1905 | 1974 | |
| Kune mine[34] | Cobalt | | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka | | 1897 | open | |
| Tenryū mine[35] | Cobalt | | Tenryū, Nagano | | ? | open | |
| Naganobori mine[36] | Cobalt | | Mine, Yamaguchi | | 1941 | 1945 | |
| Shimokawa mine[37] | Cobalt | | Shimokawa, Hokkaido | | 1941 | 1979 | |
| Kosaka mine[38] | Copper | | Kosaka, Akita | Dowa Holdings | 18## | ? | |
| Hanaoka mine[39] | Copper | | Ōdate, Akita | Kajima, Dowa mining | 1885 | ? | the site of Hanaoka Incident during WWII[40] |
| Nonowaki mine[41] [42] | Copper | | Naka, Tokushima | | ? | 196# | |
| Minawa mine[43] | Copper | | Miyoshi, Tokushima | | 1956 | 1970 | |
| Shirataki mine | Copper | | Ōkawa, Kōchi | Nippon Mining Co | ? | ? | |
| Shingu mine[44] [45] | Copper | | Shikokuchūō, Ehime | | 1911 | 1975 | also diamond-bearing Lherzolite |
| Motoyasu mine[46] | Copper | | Saijō, Ehime | | 1877 | 1972 | |
| Ōkuki mine[47] [48] | Copper | | Uchiko, Ehime | | ? | ? | |
| Sazare mine[49] [50] [51] | Copper | | Niihama, Ehime | | ? | 1979 | |
| Ikadazu mine[52] | Copper | | Niihama, Ehime | | ? | 1973 | |
| Besshi copper mine | Copper | | Niihama, Ehime | Sumitomo | 1691 | 1973 | |
| Yuryo mine[53] [54] | Copper | 33.707°N 132.803°W | Iyo, Ehime | | 1938 | 1954 | |
| Hirota mine[55] [56] | Copper | 33.65°N 132.8°W | Iyo, Ehime | | 1917 | 1930 | |
| Takaura mine[57] [58] | Copper | 33.376°N 132.122°W | Ikata, Ehime | | 1914 | 1965 | |
| Ōku mine[59] | Copper | 33.412°N 132.181°W | Ikata, Ehime | | ? | closed | |
| Obira mine | Copper | 32.842°N 131.578°W | Bungo-ōno, Oita | | ? | ? | also contains boron and fluorine minerals |
| Matsubara-douzan mine[60] | Copper | | Tokunoshima | | 1903 | 1928 | |
| Moe-Tatsugo mine[61] | Copper | | Amami Ōshima | | ? | closed | |
| Mitate mine[62] [63] | Copper | | Hinokage, Miyazaki | Rasa Industries | 1915 | 1970 | on slopes of Mount Sobo |
| Makimine mine[64] [65] [66] | Copper | | Hinokage, Miyazaki | Mitsubishi | 194x | ? | |
| Iwato mine[67] [68] | Copper | | Makurazaki, Kagoshima | | ? | ? | |
| Sannotake mine | Copper | | Tagawa, Fukuoka | | ? | ? | includes Yokozuru mine |
| Yoshiwara mine[69] [70] | Copper | 33.75°N 130.85°W | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka | | 1910 | 1971 | |
| Ōizumi mine[71] [72] [73] | Copper | 38.413°N 139.728°W | Tsuruoka, Yamagata | | 1882 | 1950 | |
| Ohori mine[74] [75] | Copper | 38.746°N 140.464°W | Mogami, Yamagata | | ? | ? | |
| Isobe-Koyama mine[76] [77] | Copper | 38.45°N 140.217°W | Sagae, Yamagata | | 1932 | 1977 | |
| Akayama mine[78] [79] | Copper | 38.074°N 140.303°W | Naragejuku, Yamagata | | 16xx | 1972 | also contains some zinc, silver and gold |
| Matsuiwa mine | Copper | 38.967°N 141.519°W | Kesennuma, Miyagi | | 1949 | 1974 | also contains some uranium, silver and gold |
| Oarasawa-Akutozawa mine[80] | Copper | 39.274°N 140.894°W | Waga, Iwate | | 1907 | 1920 | 116 kt Cu produced |
| Hanawa 2 mine[81] | Copper | 40.176°N 140.867°W | Hachimantai, Iwate | | ? | ? | not to be confused with Hanawa manganese mine in Miyako, Iwate |
| Unekura mine[82] [83] | Copper | 39.233°N 140.85°W | Yuda, Iwate | Dowa Kogyo K. K. | ? | open | |
| Akaishi mine[84] | Copper | 39.36°N 140.792°W | Yuda, Iwate | | 1914 | 1973 | |
| Tsunatori mine[85] | Copper | 39.304°N 140.942°W | Waga District, Iwate | | 1908 | 1962 | |
| Sennin mine[86] | Copper | 39.311°N 140.889°W | Waga District, Iwate | | 1911 | 1974 | also called Wagasennin mine |
| Mizusawa mine[87] | Copper | 39.437°N 140.776°W | Waga District, Iwate | | 1717 | ? | |
| Yokota mine[88] [89] [90] | Copper | 37.388°N 139.442°W | Kaneyama, Fukushima | | ? | ? | |
| Yaso mine[91] | Copper | 37.058°N 139.658°W | Minamiaizu, Fukushima | | 1952 | 1970 | |
| Takanokura mine[92] | Copper | 37.626°N 140.822°W | Sōma, Fukushima | | ? | ? | |
| Tada mine[93] | Copper | 34.893°N 135.358°W | Inagawa, Hyōgo | Nihon Kogyo | 1211 | 1973 | |
| Tochigi mine[94] | Copper | 36.794°N 139.814°W | Shioya, Tochigi | | 1946 | 1965 | |
| Kidogasawa mine[95] | Copper | 36.797°N 139.7°W | Nikkō, Tochigi | | 1940 | 1974 | |
| Chichibu mine[96] | Copper | 36.022°N 138.817°W | Ōtaki, Saitama | | 708 | ? | first ever copper mine of Japan |
| Fujigatani mine[97] | Copper | 34.144°N 132.017°W | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi | | 1955 | 1977 | closed |
| Sasagatani mine | Copper | 34.549°N 131.703°W | Tsuwano, Shimane | | ? | ? | closed |
| Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine[98] [99] | Copper | | Ōda, Shimane | | 130# | 1923 | world leading medieval silver producer |
| Tsumo mine[100] [101] | Copper | | Masuda, Shimane | | 195x | ? | |
| Yoshioka mine[102] | Copper | | Takahashi, Okayama | | 1905 | 1972 | |
| Sasaune mine[103] [104] | Copper | | Takahashi, Okayama | | ? | 196# | also produced iron pigment |
| Shin-mikawa mine[105] | Copper | | Yakage, Okayama | | 1916 | 1957 | |
| Obie mine[106] | Copper | | Kurashiki, Okayama | | 1906 | 1947 | |
| Yanahara mine[107] [108] | Copper | | Misaki, Okayama | | 195# | 1970 | also produced iron oxide for audio tapes |
| Takara mine[109] [110] | Copper | | Tsuru, Yamanashi | | 1942 | 1962 | also produced pyrite |
| Kune mine | Copper | | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka | | 1897 | open | |
| Kusakura mine[111] | Copper | | Kanose, Niigata | Furukawa | 1738 | ? | |
| Ogoya mine[112] | Copper | | Komatsu, Ishikawa | | 1884 | 1971 | |
| Hatasa mine[113] | Copper | | Gujō, Gifu | | 1674 | 1916 | |
| Nojiri mine[114] | Copper | | Ōno, Fukui | | ? | 1968 | Underwater after construction of Kuzuryu Dam |
| Nakatatsu mine[115] | Copper | | Ōno, Fukui | | ? | ? | Closed |
| Nakauri mine[116] | Copper | | Kamaishi, Iwate | | 1953 | 1953 | worked for 3 months |
| Kamaishi mine[117] | Copper | | Kamaishi, Iwate | | 1727 | 1993 | Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war |
| Ashio copper mine[118] | Copper | | Nikkō, Tochigi | Furukawa | 1600 | 1973 | Largest copper output during late 19th century, place of 1907 Ashio riot |
| Yaguki mine[119] | Copper | | Iwaki, Fukushima | | 1945 | 1974 | |
| Obira mine | Copper | | mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki | | 1617 | 1954 | |
| [120] | Copper | | Noboribetsu, Hokkaido | | 1898 | 1973 | |
| Shimokawa mine | Copper | | Shimokawa, Hokkaido | | 1941 | 1979 | |
| [121] | Copper | | Shiribeshi, Hokkaido | | 1909 | 1945 | |
| Suttsu mine[122] | Copper | | Suttsu District, Hokkaido | | ? | 1962 | |
| Akenobe mine | Copper | 35.283°N 134.667°W | Yabu, Hyōgo | | 1908 | 1987 | |
| Myoho mine | Copper | 33.653°N 135.819°W | Higashimuro District, Wakayama | | 1948 | 1965 | |
| Mogami coal field | Germanium | | Ōishida, Yamagata | | ? | open | lignite rich in germanium |
| Ōkuki mine | Gold | | Uchiko, Ehime | | ? | ? | |
| Takaura mine | Gold | 33.376°N 132.122°W | Ikata, Ehime | | 1914 | 1965 | |
| Taio gold mine[123] [124] | Gold | | Hita, Ōita | | 1896 | 1972 | now museum |
| Bajo mine[125] | Gold | | Bungotakada, Ōita | | ? | ? | |
| Yakushima mine[126] | Gold | | Yakushima | | ? | 1958 | leading tungsten producer |
| Iwato mine | Gold | | Makurazaki, Kagoshima | | ? | ? | |
| Onoyama mine[127] | Gold | | Yūsui, Kagoshima | | ? | ? | |
| Akeshi mine[128] [129] | Gold | | Minamikyūshū, Kagoshima | | ? | 198x | closed |
| Kasuga mine[130] | Gold | | Makurazaki, Kagoshima | | ? | open | silica with gold as by-product |
| Kushikino mine[131] [132] | Gold | | Kushikino, Kagoshima | Mitsui mining | 195# | closed | |
| Yamagano mine[133] [134] | Gold | | Kirishima, Kagoshima | | 1642 | 1965 | |
| Hishikari mine[135] [136] [137] | Gold | | Yūsui, Kagoshima | Sumitomo Metal Mining | 1985 | open | the only open gold mine of Japan as in 2014 |
| Fuke mine[138] [139] [140] | Gold | | Isa, Kagoshima | Toa mining | 1937 | 1976 | also nearby Okuchi mine |
| Sannotake mine | Gold | | Tagawa, Fukuoka | | ? | ? | includes Yokozuru mine |
| Yoshino mine[141] [142] [143] [144] | Gold | 38.153°N 140.197°W | Nan'yō, Yamagata | | ? | 1975 | |
| Isobe-Koyama mine | Gold | 38.45°N 140.217°W | Sagae, Yamagata | | 1932 | 1977 | |
| Oya mine[145] | Gold | 38.867°N 141.522°W | Motoyoshi, Miyagi | | 1915 | 1971 | |
| Tsunatori mine | Gold | 39.304°N 140.942°W | Waga District, Iwate | | 1908 | 1962 | |
| Nakase mine[146] | Gold | | Yabu, Hyōgo | | ? | ? | |
| Ōmidani mine[147] | Gold | | Shisō, Hyōgo | | 1961 | 1983 | |
| Takeno mine[148] | Gold | | Kinosaki, Hyōgo | | ? | ? | |
| Asahi mine[149] | Gold | | Asago, Hyōgo | | 1921 | 1985 | |
| Nebazawa mine[150] [151] | Gold | | Katashina, Gunma | | 1961 | 1982 | |
| Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine | Gold | | Ōda, Shimane | | 130# | 1923 | world leading medieval silver producer |
| Tsumo mine | Gold | | Masuda, Shimane | | 1950x | ? | |
| Seikoshi mine[152] [153] | Gold | 34.9°N 138.827°W | Toi, Shizuoka | | 1935 | 1983 | |
| Kawazu mine[154] | Gold | 34.699°N 138.922°W | Shimoda, Shizuoka | | 1915 | 1959 | |
| Yugashima mine[155] | Gold | 34.881°N 138.914°W | Amagiyugashima, Shizuoka | | 1939 | 1958 | |
| Mochikoshi mine[156] | Gold | 34.876°N 138.864°W | Amagiyugashima, Shizuoka | | 1929 | 1952 | |
| Sado mine[157] | Gold | 38.038°N 138.261°W | Sado, Niigata | | 1601 | 1974 | |
| Togi mine[158] [159] | Gold | 37.144°N 136.783°W | Shika, Ishikawa | Mitsubishi Metal Mining | 1906 | 1942 | |
| Mumaya mine[160] | Gold | 36.067°N 137.024°W | Shōkawa, Gifu | | 159# | ? | |
| Tsugu mine | Gold | 35.178°N 137.629°W | Shitara, Aichi | | 15## | 1956 | |
| Kamaishi mine | Gold | | Kamaishi, Iwate | | 1727 | 1993 | Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war |
| Nishizawa mine[161] | Gold | | Nikkō, Tochigi | | 1928 | ? | |
| [162] | Gold | | Chitose, Hokkaido | | 1936 | 1974 | |
| Hokuryu mine[163] | Gold | | Monbetsu, Hokkaido | | ? | 1943 | |
| Konomai gold mine[164] | Gold | | Monbetsu, Hokkaido | | 1917 | 1973 | |
| Horobetsu mine | Gold | | Noboribetsu, Hokkaido | | 1898 | 1973 | |
| [165] | Gold | | Shimokawa, Hokkaido | | 1926 | 1983 | |
| Kitanoo mine[166] | Gold | | Kitami, Hokkaido | | 1924 | 1943 | |
| [167] | Gold | | Sapporo, Hokkaido | | 1941 | 1971 | |
| [168] | Gold | | Shiribeshi, Hokkaido | | 1918 | 1962 | |
| Ponshikaribetsu mine[169] | Gold | | Shiribeshi, Hokkaido | | 1891 | open | |
| Todoroki mine[170] | Gold | | Shiribeshi, Hokkaido | | 1903 | 1974 | |
| Gold | 34.908°N 138.793°W | Toi | Sumitomo Group | 1370 | 1965 | |
| [171] | Gold | | Eniwa, Hokkaido | | 1935 | 1943 | |
| Amou mine[172] | Gold | | Shirakawa, Gifu (village) | | ? | closed | large gold deposit |
| Sennotani mine[173] | Graphite | | Toyama, Toyama | | ? | 1967 | 85% of graphite producer of Japan in 1951 |
| Amou mine | Graphite | | Shirakawa, Gifu (village) | | ? | closed | Leading graphite producer of Japan |
| Toyoha mine[174] | Indium | | Sapporo, Hokkaido | | ? | 2006 | World leading indium producer until exhausted |
| Kunimiyama mine[175] [176] | Iron | | Kōchi, Kōchi | | ? | closed | |
| Sannotake mine | Iron | | Tagawa, Fukuoka | | ? | ? | includes Yokozuru mine |
| Kabasawa mine[177] [178] | Iron | 38.326°N 140.728°W | Aoba-ku, Sendai | | ? | ? | |
| Matsuo mine[179] [180] | Iron | 39.933°N 140.933°W | Matsuo, Iwate | | 1914 | 1971 | important iron and sulphur producer |
| Sennin mine | Iron | 39.311°N 140.889°W | Waga District, Iwate | | 1911 | 1974 | also called Wagasennin mine |
| Gunma-tetsuzan | Iron | | Nakanojō, Gunma | | 1943 | 1975 | |
| Akatani mine | Iron | | Shibata, Niigata | | 1925 | 1975 | |
| Suwa mine[181] | Iron | | Chino, Nagano | | ? | 195# | |
| Akagane mine[182] | Iron | | Esashi, Iwate | | 1912 | 1974 | |
| Kamaishi mine | Iron | | Kamaishi, Iwate | | 1727 | 1993 | Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war |
| Shojingawa mine[183] | Iron | | Nanae, Hokkaido | | 1897 | 1960 | |
| Kutchan mine[184] | Iron | | Shiribeshi, Hokkaido | | ? | ? | Dominant iron producer of Japan during Pacific War |
| Taishu mine[185] [186] | Kaolinite | | Tsushima Island | | 699 | open | initially mined for silver, later switched for kaolinite |
| Sarayama mine[187] | Kaolinite | | Amakusa | | ? | open | |
| Itaya mine[188] [189] | Kaolinite | | Yonezawa, Yamagata | | ? | ? | paper-clay |
| Hiraki mine[190] [191] | Kaolinite | | Sanda, Hyōgo | | ? | open | High purity, used for fiber optics |
| Hattori-Kawai mine[192] | Kaolinite | | Nomi, Ishikawa and
Hakusan, Ishikawa | | 1930 | open | Hattori mine in Nomi closed in 2001 |
| Shakanai mine[193] | Lead | | Ōdate, Akita | Dowa Holdings | ? | ? | also contains Germanium, Indium and Gold |
| Kosaka mine | Lead | | Kosaka, Akita | Dowa Holdings | 18## | ? | |
| Hanaoka mine | Lead | | Ōdate, Akita | Kajima, Dowa mining | 1885 | ? | the site of Hanaoka Incident during WWII |
| Mitate mine | Lead | | Hinokage, Miyazaki | Rasa Industries | 1915 | 1970 | on slopes of Mount Sobo |
| Ohori mine | Lead | 38.746°N 140.464°W | Mogami, Yamagata | | ? | ? | |
| Yatani mine[194] [195] | Lead | 37.775°N 140.017°W | Yonezawa, Yamagata | | ? | ? | also some gold and silver[196] |
| Ōizumi mine | Lead | 38.413°N 139.728°W | Tsuruoka, Yamagata | | 1882 | 1950 | |
| Nissho mine[197] [198] | Lead | | Mamurogawa, Yamagata | | 1937 | 1963 | |
| Hosokura mine | Lead | | Kurihara, Miyagi | | 1898 | 1977 | now become an amusement park |
| Hanawa 2 mine | Lead | 40.176°N 140.867°W | Hachimantai, Iwate | | ? | ? | not to be confused with Hanawa manganese mine in Miyako, Iwate |
| Taro mine[199] [200] [201] | Lead | | Miyako, Iwate | | 1936 | 1979 | reused for Cosmic-ray observatory of Meisei University |
| Tsumo mine | Lead | | Masuda, Shimane | | 195x | ? | |
| Wanibuchi mine[202] [203] | Lead | | Izumo, Shimane | | ? | ? | also important gypsum producer |
| Nanetsu mine[204] | Lead | | Muika, Niigata | | 1963 | 1971 | |
| Asahi-budo mine[205] | Lead | | Murakami, Niigata | | 1941 | 1957 | |
| Otani mine[206] | Lead | | Mikawa, Niigata | | 1632 | 1961 | |
| Hatasa mine | Lead | | Gujō, Gifu | | 1674 | 1916 | |
| Ohinata mine[207] | Lead | | Sakuho, Nagano | | ? | ? | Closed |
| Nakatatsu mine | Lead | | Ōno, Fukui | | ? | ? | Closed |
| Toyoha mine | Lead | | Sapporo, Hokkaido | | ? | 2006 | World leading indium producer until exhausted |
| Obira mine | Lead | | mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki | | 1617 | 1954 | |
| Inaushi mine | Lead | | Kitami, Hokkaido | | 1934 | 1964 | |
| Yoichi Mine[208] | Lead | | Shakotan Peninsula, Hokkaido | | ? | 1963 | |
| Suttsu mine | Lead | | Suttsu District, Hokkaido | | ? | 1962 | |
| Nagatare mine[209] [210] | Lithium | 33.583°N 130.283°W | Fukuoka, Fukuoka | | ? | ? | |
| Ananai mine[211] | Manganese | | Nankoku, Kōchi | | ? | closed | |
| Kunimiyama mine | Manganese | | Kōchi, Kōchi | | ? | closed | |
| Kurase mine[212] | Manganese | 33.8°N 133.033°W | Saijō, Ehime | | ? | ? | |
| Ōizumi mine | Manganese | 38.413°N 139.728°W | Tsuruoka, Yamagata | | 1882 | 1950 | |
| Tanohata mine[213] | Manganese | | Tanohata, Iwate | | ? | ? | a type location for a number of rare minerals |
| Hanawa mine[214] | Manganese | | Miyako, Iwate | | ? | ? | closed |
| Noda-Tamagawa mine[215] [216] | Manganese | | Noda, Iwate | | 1950 | ? | |
| Shiromaru mine[217] | Manganese | | Okutama, Tokyo | | ? | ? | now submerged, also called Hakumaru mine |
| Kaso mine[218] [219] | Manganese | | Kanuma, Tochigi | | 1947 | ? | |
| Ōkura mine[220] | Manganese | | Hannō, Saitama | | 1941 | 1945 | |
| Shōwa mine[221] | Manganese | | Kiryū, Gunma | | ? | ? | closed |
| Hamayokogawa mine[222] | Manganese | | Kamiina District, Nagano | | 1925 | 1966 | large deposits |
| Searashi mine[223] | Manganese | | Nanao, Ishikawa | | ? | ? | |
| Fujii mine[224] | Manganese | | Wakasa, Fukui | | ? | ? | |
| Taguchi mine[225] | Manganese | | Shitara, Aichi | | ? | ? | also Pyroxmangite gems |
| Obira mine | Manganese | | mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki | | 1617 | 1954 | |
| Jokoku mine[226] | Manganese | | Kaminokuni, Hokkaido | | ? | ? | Dominant manganese producer of Japan |
| Inakuraishi mine[227] | Manganese | | Furubira, Hokkaido | | 1946 | open | Largest manganese deposit in Japan |
| Mercury | 44.312°N 143.321°W | Monbetsu, Hokkaido | | 1943 | 1974 | |
| Tosakubo mine[228] | Mercury | | Monobe, Kōchi | | ? | ? | |
| Ikadazu mine | Mercury | | Niihama, Ehime | | ? | 1973 | |
| Itomuka mine[229] | Mercury | | Tokoro, Hokkaido | | 1941 | 1974 | dominant mercury producer of Japan |
| Seikyu Mine[230] | Molybdenum | | Daitō, Shimane | | 1954 | 1966 | |
| Daito Mine[231] | Molybdenum | | Daitō, Shimane | | 1950 | 1966 | |
| Hirase Mine[232] | Molybdenum | | Shirakawa, Gifu | | 1931 | 1979 | |
| Komaki Mine[233] | Molybdenum | | Okuizumo, Shimane | | 1943 | 1984 | |
| Ōkawame mine[234] | Molybdenum | | Kuji, Iwate | | 1943 | 1965 | |
| Chiyogahara mine | Nickel | | Fujisawa, Iwate | | ? | ? | |
| Kamogawa mine[235] [236] | Nickel | | Awa District, Chiba | | 1935 | ? | also called Kameoka mine |
| Tenryū mine | Nickel | | Tenryū, Nagano | | ? | open | |
| Wakasa mine[237] | Nickel | | Ōi, Fukui | Mori Kogyo | ? | Open | also silica mining |
| Yamanoyoshida mine[238] | Nickel | | Shinshiro, Aichi | | ? | ? | |
| Kamikawa mine[239] | Nickel | | Kamikawa, Hokkaido | | 1941 | 1945 | |
| Otanibira quarry[240] [241] | Silica | | Iōjima (Kagoshima) | | ? | 1997 | initially mined for sulphur |
| Motoyasu mine | Silver | | Saijō, Ehime | | 1877 | 1972 | |
| Taio mine | Silver | | Hita, Ōita | | 1896 | 1972 | now museum |
| Bajo mine | Silver | | Bungotakada, Ōita | | ? | ? | |
| Taishu mine | Silver | | Tsushima Island | | 699 | open | initially mined for silver, later switched for kaolinite |
| Iwato mine | Silver | | Makurazaki, Kagoshima | | ? | ? | |
| Kushikino mine | Silver | | Kushikino, Kagoshima | Mitsui mining | 195# | closed | |
| Yamagano mine | Silver | | Kirishima, Kagoshima | | 1642 | 1965 | |
| Fuke mine[242] | Silver | | Isa, Kagoshima | Toa mining | 1937 | 1976 | also nearby Okuchi mine |
| Yoshino mine | Silver | 38.153°N 140.197°W | Nan'yō, Yamagata | | ? | 1975 | |
| Oya mine | Silver | 38.867°N 141.522°W | Motoyoshi, Miyagi | | 1915 | 1971 | |
| Hosokura mine | Silver | | Kurihara, Miyagi | | 1898 | 1977 | now become an amusement park |
| Nebazawa mine | Silver | | Katashina, Gunma | | 1961 | 1982 | |
| Tsunatori mine | Silver | 39.304°N 140.942°W | Waga District, Iwate | | 1908 | 1962 | |
| Ōmidani mine | Silver | | Shisō, Hyōgo | | 1961 | 1983 | |
| Takeno mine | Silver | | Kinosaki, Hyōgo | | ? | ? | |
| Tada mine | Silver | 34.893°N 135.358°W | Inagawa, Hyōgo | Nihon Kogyo | 1211 | 1973 | |
| Asahi mine | Silver | | Asago, Hyōgo | | 1921 | 1985 | |
| Tochigi mine | Silver | 36.794°N 139.814°W | Shioya, Tochigi | | 1946 | 1965 | |
| Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine | Silver | | Ōda, Shimane | | 130# | 1923 | world leading medieval silver producer |
| Seikoshi mine | Silver | 34.9°N 138.827°W | Toi, Shizuoka | | 1935 | 1983 | |
| Yugashima mine | Silver | 34.881°N 138.914°W | Amagiyugashima, Shizuoka | | 1939 | 1958 | |
| Mochikoshi mine | Silver | 34.876°N 138.864°W | Amagiyugashima, Shizuoka | | 1929 | 1952 | |
| Sado mine | Silver | 38.038°N 138.261°W | Sado, Niigata | | 1601 | 1974 | |
| Togi mine | Silver | 37.144°N 136.783°W | Shika, Ishikawa | Mitsubishi Metal Mining | 1906 | 1942 | |
| Hatasa mine | Silver | | Gujō, Gifu | | 1674 | 1916 | |
| Kamaishi mine | Silver | | Kamaishi, Iwate | | 1727 | 1993 | Dominant iron producer of Japan pre-war |
| Toyoha mine | Silver | | Sapporo, Hokkaido | | ? | 2006 | World leading indium producer until exhausted |
| Nishizawa mine | Silver | | Nikkō, Tochigi | | 1928 | ? | |
| Ikuno mine[243] | Silver | | Asago, Hyōgo | | 807 | 1973 | |
| Silver | | Chitose, Hokkaido | | 1936 | 1974 | |
| Hokuryu mine | Silver | | Monbetsu, Hokkaido | | ? | 1943 | |
| Konomai mines | Silver | | Monbetsu, Hokkaido | | 1917 | 1973 | important silver producer of Japan |
| Horobetsu mine | Silver | | Noboribetsu, Hokkaido | | 1898 | 1973 | |
| Silver | | Shimokawa, Hokkaido | | 1926 | 1983 | |
| Kitanoo mine | Silver | | Kitami, Hokkaido | | 1924 | 1943 | |
| Silver | | Shiribeshi, Hokkaido | | 1918 | 1962 | |
| Suttsu mine | Silver | | Suttsu District, Hokkaido | | ? | 1962 | |
| Silver | | Eniwa, Hokkaido | | 1935 | 1943 | |
| Nonowaki mine | Sulphur | | Naka, Tokushima | | ? | 196# | |
| Shirataki mine | Sulphur | | Ōkawa, Kōchi | Nippon Mining Co | ? | ? | |
| Shingu mine | Sulphur | | Shikokuchūō, Ehime | | 1911 | 1975 | also diamond-bearing Lherzolite |
| Ōkuki mine | Sulphur | | Uchiko, Ehime | | ? | ? | |
| Suzuyama mine[244] [245] | Sulphur | | Kagoshima, Kagoshima | | 184x | closed | water treatment plant still active |
| Taro mine | Sulphur | | Miyako, Iwate | | 1936 | 1979 | reused for Cosmic-ray observatory of Meisei University |
| Matsuo mine | Sulphur | 39.933°N 140.933°W | Matsuo, Iwate | | 1914 | 1971 | important iron and sulphur producer |
| Yanahara mine | Sulphur | | Misaki, Okayama | | 195# | 1970 | also produced iron oxide for audio tapes |
| Horobetsu sulphur mine[246] | Sulphur | | Sōbetsu, Hokkaido | | 1940 | 1959 | |
| Kobui mine[247] | Sulphur | | Hakodate, Hokkaido | | 1904 | 1952 | |
| Shojingawa mine | Sulphur | | Nanae, Hokkaido | | 1938 | 1960 | |
| Shiretoko mine[248] | Sulphur | | Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido | | 1937 | ? | deposit created in volcanic eruption of 1936 |
| Akan mine[249] | Sulphur | | Ashoro, Hokkaido | | 1951 | open | |
| Kiura mine[250] | Tin | 32.8°N 131.55°W | Saiki, Ōita | | 16## | ? | also mined for emery |
| Obira mine | Tin | 32.842°N 131.578°W | Bungo-ōno, Oita | | ? | ? | also contains boron and fluorine minerals |
| Hoei mine[251] [252] | Tin | | Bungo-ōno, Oita | | ? | closed | |
| Yakushima mine | Tin | | Yakushima | | ? | 1958 | leading tungsten producer |
| Mitate mine | Tin | | Hinokage, Miyazaki | Rasa Industries | 1915 | 1970 | on slopes of Mount Sobo |
| Suzuyama mine | Tin | | Kagoshima, Kagoshima | | 184x | closed | water treatment plant still active |
| Tada mine | Tin | 34.893°N 135.358°W | Inagawa, Hyōgo | Nihon Kogyo | 1211 | 1973 | |
| Akenobe mine | Tin | 35.283°N 134.667°W | Yabu, Hyōgo | | 1908 | 1987 | dominant tin producer of Japan |
| Obira mine | Tin | | mount Sobo in Nishiusuki, Miyazaki | | 1617 | 1954 | |
| Kabasawa mine | Titanium | 38.326°N 140.728°W | Aoba-ku, Sendai | | ? | ? | |
| Yakushima mine | Tungsten | | Yakushima | | ? | 1958 | leading tungsten producer |
| Takatori mine[253] | Tungsten | 36.5°N 140.294°W | Shirosato, Ibaraki | | ? | ? | also Rhodochrosite gems |
| Kuga mine[254] | Tungsten | 34.217°N 132.025°W | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi | | ? | ? | |
| Fujigatani mine | Tungsten | 34.144°N 132.017°W | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi | | 1955 | 1977 | closed |
| Tsumo mine | Tungsten | | Masuda, Shimane | | 195x | ? | |
| Fukuoka mine | Tungsten | | Nakatsugawa, Gifu | Furukawa | ? | ? | Closed |
| Komaki Mine | Tungsten | | Okuizumo, Shimane | | 1911 | 1984 | |
| Akenobe mine | Tungsten | 35.283°N 134.667°W | Yabu, Hyōgo | | 1908 | 1987 | |
| Otani mine[255] | Tungsten | | Kameoka, Kyoto | | 1912 | 1983 | |
| Yaguki mine | Tungsten | | Iwaki, Fukushima | | 1945 | 1974 | |
| Ningyo-toge mine[256] [257] | Uranium | | Kagamino, Okayama | | 1969 | 1982 | dominant uranium producer of Japan |
| Tono mine[258] | Uranium | | Mizunami, Gifu | | 2001 | open | |
| Kabasawa mine | Vanadium | 38.326°N 140.728°W | Aoba-ku, Sendai | | ? | ? | |
| Kosaka mine | Zinc | | Kosaka, Akita | Dowa Holdings | 18## | ? | |
| Shakanai mine | Zinc | | Ōdate, Akita | Dowa Holdings | ? | ? | also contains Germanium, Indium and Gold |
| Hanaoka mine | Zinc | | Ōdate, Akita | Kajima, Dowa mining | 1885 | ? | the site of Hanaoka Incident during WWII |
| Obira mine | Zinc | 32.842°N 131.578°W | Bungo-ōno, Oita | | ? | ? | also contains boron and fluorine minerals |
| Mitate mine | Zinc | | Hinokage, Miyazaki | Rasa Industries | 1915 | 1970 | on slopes of Mount Sobo |
| Ohori mine | Zinc | 38.746°N 140.464°W | Mogami, Yamagata | | ? | ? | |
| Yatani mine | Zinc | 37.775°N 140.017°W | Yonezawa, Yamagata | | ? | ? | also some gold and silver |
| Yoshino mine | Zinc | 38.153°N 140.197°W | Nan'yō, Yamagata | | ? | 1975 | |
| Ōizumi mine | Zinc | 38.413°N 139.728°W | Tsuruoka, Yamagata | | 1882 | 1950 | |
| Nissho mine | Zinc | | Mamurogawa, Yamagata | | 1937 | 1963 | |
| Yaso mine | Zinc | 37.058°N 139.658°W | Minamiaizu, Fukushima | | 1952 | 1970 | |
| Hosokura mine | Zinc | | Kurihara, Miyagi | | 1898 | 1977 | now become an amusement park |
| Hanawa 2 mine | Zinc | 40.176°N 140.867°W | Hachimantai, Iwate | | ? | ? | not to be confused with Hanawa manganese mine in Miyako, Iwate |
| Taro mine | Zinc | | Miyako, Iwate | | 1936 | 1979 | reused for Cosmic-ray observatory of Meisei University |
| Kidogasawa mine | Zinc | 36.797°N 139.7°W | Nikkō, Tochigi | | 1940 | 1974 | |
| Tsumo mine | Zinc | | Masuda, Shimane | | 195x | ? | |
| Wanibuchi mine | Zinc | | Izumo, Shimane | | ? | ? | also important gypsum producer |
| Takara mine | Zinc | | Tsuru, Yamanashi | | 1942 | 1962 | also produced pyrite |
| Nanetsu mine | Zinc | | Muika, Niigata | | 1963 | 1971 | |
| Asahi-budo mine | Zinc | | Murakami, Niigata | | 1941 | 1957 | |
| Otani mine | Zinc | | Mikawa, Niigata | | 1632 | 1961 | |
| Ohinata mine | Zinc | | Sakuho, Nagano | | ? | ? | Closed |
| Kamioka mine[259] | Zinc | | Hida, Gifu | | ? | 2002 | Used to be leading Asian zinc mine until re-used for Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory. |
| Hatasa mine | Zinc | | Gujō, Gifu | | 1674 | 1916 | |
| Nakatatsu mine | Zinc | | Ōno, Fukui | | ? | ? | Closed |
| Toyoha mine | Zinc | | Sapporo, Hokkaido | | ? | 2006 | World leading indium producer until exhausted |
| Inaushi mine | Zinc | | Kitami, Hokkaido | | 1934 | 1964 | |
| Yoichi Mine | Zinc | | Shakotan Peninsula, Hokkaido | | ? | 1963 | |
| Suttsu mine | Zinc | | Suttsu District, Hokkaido | | ? | 1962 | |
| Akenobe mine | Zinc | 35.283°N 134.667°W | Yabu, Hyōgo | | 1908 | 1987 | |
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