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Tonglushan copper mine

Tonglushan copper mine, China. Heritage site, mining copper.

Why Tonglushan copper mine is famous

Wikidata lists the item as a Chinese copper mine and a separate item as an archaeological site. Dates and output are not verified; add from the Chinese heritage authority or a peer-reviewed paper.1,2

Tonglushan copper mine today

Where copper is mined todayMining in China

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An example ofTimna ValleyChina's Tonglushan is both a copper mine and an archaeological site, like Timna's 6,000 years of copper.3An example ofGreat Orme MinesAncient copper on two continents: Tonglushan in China and Great Orme in Wales.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q107490065 (Tonglushan Mine) Wikidata (CC0)
  2. Wikidata item Q576097 (Tonglushan Mine Site) Wikidata (CC0)
  3. Timna Park history of copper mining

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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