Sado mine
The Sado gold mine is a generic term for gold and silver mines which were once located on the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Among these mines, the Aikawa Gold and Silver Mine was the largest and was in operation until the modern era.Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Indiana jo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Abandoned mine
- Description: gold and silver mine on the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Sado”, “Sado Mine”, and “Sado-kōzan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sado Hangamura Art Museum and Aikawa Folk Museum.
Sado Hangamura Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sado Hangamura Art Museum is situated 1½ km southwest of Sado mine.
Aikawa Folk Museum
Museum
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aikawa Folk Museum is situated 1½ km west of Sado mine.
Sado mine
- Categories: gold mine, silver mine, abandoned mine, and industry
- Location: Sado, Niigata, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Sado mine” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “佐渡金山”
- Dutch: “Goudmijnen op het eiland Sado”
- Finnish: “Sadon kultakaivokset”
- French: “mine de Sado”
- French: “mines d’or de l’île de Sado”
- French: “Mines d’or de Sado”
- Galician: “Mina de Sado”
- Hebrew: “מכרה סאדו”
- Japanese: “佐渡金山”
- Japanese: “佐渡金銀山”
- Japanese: “佐渡鉱山”
- Korean: “사도 광산”
- Korean: “사도 금광”
- Lithuanian: “Sado aukso ir sidabro kasyklos”
- Maltese: “Minjieri tad-Deheb tal-Gżira ta‘ Sado”
- Maltese: “Minjieri tad-Deheb tal-Gżira ta’ Sado”
- Persian: “معدن مینه”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rudnici na otoku Sado”
- Thai: “เหมืองทองซาโดะ”
- Turkish: “Sado madeni”
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