Editing Honshu (section)

===Minerals and fuels===
Honshu is home to a large portion<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WGsEAAAAMAAJ&dq=Natural+resources+in+honshu&pg=PA44|title=Natural Resources of Japan|publisher=General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Natural Resources Section|year=1947|pages=42–48|language=English}}</ref> of Japan's minimal mineral reserves,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Japan – Resources and power|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan|access-date=22 October 2021|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> including small oil and coal deposits. Several coal deposits are located in the northern part of the island,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Catalogue of Geological Maps｜Geological Survey of Japan/ AIST|url=https://www.gsj.jp/Map/EN/geo-resources2.html|access-date=22 October 2021|website=www.gsj.jp}}</ref> concentrated in [[Fukushima Prefecture]] and [[Niigata Prefecture]], though Honshu's coal production is negligible in comparison to [[Hokkaido]] and [[Kyushu]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WGsEAAAAMAAJ|title=Natural Resources of Japan|date=1947|publisher=General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Natural Resources Section|pages=44|language=English}}</ref> Most of Japan's oil reserves are also located in northern Honshu, along the west coast, spanning Niigata, [[Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata]], and [[Akita Prefecture|Akita]] Prefectures.<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WGsEAAAAMAAJ|title=Natural Resources of Japan|publisher=General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Natural Resources Section|year=1947|pages=43|language=English}}</ref>

Most of Japan's [[copper]], [[lead]], [[zinc]] and [[chromite]] is located on Honshu, along with smaller, scattered deposits of [[gold]], [[silver]], [[arsenic]], [[sulfur]] and [[pyrite]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WGsEAAAAMAAJ|title=Natural Resources of Japan|date=1947|publisher=General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Natural Resources Section|pages=44–45|language=English}}</ref>