Scientific data near [33.87470,133.31890]

Search area extends approximately 1.1 km east-west and 1.3 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Japan	country
Asia	continent
Land	continent

Major mineral deposits of the world

Regional locations and general geologic setting of known deposits of major nonfuel mineral commodities. Originally compiled in five parts by diverse authors, combined here for convenience despite likely inconsistencies among the regional reports.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Commodity
Besshi	Hydrothermal	Copper-gold-silver

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Subaerial Neogene Arcs of Western Japan	porphyry copper	Subaerial parts of the Miocene and younger Kurile, Northeast Japan, Izu, Southwest Japan, and Ryukyu volcanic arcs
Western Honshu Area	porphyry copper	Late Cretaceous to Paleogene magnetite-series igneous rocks of the Japan Arc