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Gejiu mine

Gejiu mine, China. Producing, underground, mining tin.

Why Gejiu is famous

Chinese tin district in Yunnan. History not yet sourced.1,2

Gejiu today

Where tin is mined todayMining in China

Where next

Mines

An example ofBisie (Mpama North and South)Gejiu is China's Yunnan tin district. Bisie in DR Congo made a record 18,576 t in 2025.3An example ofCerro Rico de PotosiSilver and tin: Cerro Rico, found in 1545, also became a tin source.1

Sources

  1. data/minerals/operations.csv Prospector Trails (internal)
  2. Gejiu (Q1016730) Wikidata
  3. Record annual production from Bisie despite turbulent year (21 Jan 2026) International Tin Association

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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