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Besshi copper mine

copper mine in Ehime prefecture, Japan
Place abandoned_mine Q994193

Facts

9 properties

Identity

Instance of
abandoned mine, mine[4]
Inception
September 12, 1691[6]

Location

Country
Japan[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 33.865°, 133.328°[8]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Niihama[2]
More facts +4
Date of official closure
March 1973[10]
Operator
Sumitomo Metal Mining[5]
Product or material produced
copper ore[9]
Time of discovery or invention
1690[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Besshi copper mine en Besshi Dōzan en Besshi mine es Besshi es Besshi dozan es Besshi-dozan es Besshi dōzan es Besshi-dōzan es Mina de bronce de besshi es Mina de cobre de Besshi fr mine de cuivre Besshi ja 別子鉱山 ja 別子銅山 ru Бесши ru Бэсси zh-hans 别子铜山
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Besshi copper mine.JPG ↗
Freebase ID
/m/02r70fb
NDL Authority ID
00955830
Topic's main category
Category:Besshi copper mine
TripAdvisor ID
2000573

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🔗 Connections
Country 1
Japan
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Niihama
Named after 1
Dōzan River
Operator 1
Sumitomo Metal Mining
Product or material produced 1
copper
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Summary

Besshi copper mine is an abandoned mine[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Besshi copper mine include Dōzan River[11], a river[12], in Japan[13].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Dōzan River[11], a river[12], in Japan[13].

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product or material produced → copper ore
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Product or material produced: copper, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789540564585"
  2. 17w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time of discovery or invention → +1690-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Service entry → —
    Instance of → abandoned mine, mine
    Inception → +1691-09-12T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40494|batch #40494]]: copper mine,copper"
  3. 17w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Country → —
    Product → —
    Coordinates → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Time of discovery or invention to Inception"
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