Sado Gold Mine

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historic site
former gold mine
gptkbp:annual_gold_production_(Edo_period) up to 400 kg
gptkbp:annual_silver_production_(Edo_period) up to 38 tons
gptkbp:area about 400 hectares
gptkbp:closed 1989
gptkbp:coordinates 38.0667°N 138.3667°E
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:culturalSignificance important for Japanese industrial history
gptkbp:employed_workers tens of thousands (historically)
gptkbp:featuredIn Japanese folklore
gptkbp:heritageDesignation gptkb:National_Historic_Site_of_Japan
2010
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sado Gold Mine
gptkbp:located_in_administrative_territorial_entity gptkb:Niigata_Prefecture
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sado_Island
gptkbp:maximumDepth about 800 meters
gptkbp:mined_resources gptkb:gold
copper
silver
gptkbp:miningMethod underground mining
open-pit mining
gptkbp:museum gptkb:Sado_Kinzan_Gold_Mine_Museum
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Sado_Gold_Mine_Museum
gptkb:Aikawa_Magistrate's_Office
gptkb:Aikawa_Mining_Office
gptkb:Doyu-no-warito
gptkb:Kitazawa_Flotation_Plant
gptkb:Nakamura_Tunnel
gptkb:Sado_Magistrate's_Office
gptkb:Sodayu_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableEvent forced labor during World War II
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Doyu-no-warito_(split_mountain)
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Tokugawa_Ieyasu
gptkb:Sumitomo_Masatomo
gptkbp:number_of_tunnels over 400 km
gptkbp:opened 1601
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Tokugawa_shogunate
gptkb:Sumitomo_Group
Japanese government
gptkbp:periodOfSignificance gptkb:Edo_period
gptkb:Showa_period
gptkb:Meiji_period
gptkbp:touristAttraction yes
gptkbp:UNESCO_nomination_year 2022
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sado_Island
gptkb:Sado_Island,_Japan
gptkb:Sado
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5