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Tsumeb mine

Tsumeb mine, Namibia, mining copper, lead, zinc.

Why Tsumeb mine is famous

Namibian base-metal mine and mineral locality. Wikidata gives 1907 as inception of the mine item. Minerals are named from general listings and output and closure are not verified from an opened page.1

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Tsumeb mine today

Where copper is mined todayWhere lead is mined todayWhere zinc is mined todayMining in Namibia

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Places

Located inTsumebTsumeb mine is about 3 km from Tsumeb.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q23723997 (Tsumeb Mine) Wikidata (CC0)

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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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Froth flotation and tailings by Nina111955, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Kopermijn te Kolwezi in de provincie Shaba (Katanka), Mieremet, Rob / Anefo / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).