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Tembagapura

Boom town, Indonesia.

About Tembagapura

District in Mimika Regency, Central Papua Province, Indonesia.1

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People

Discovered byJean Jacques DozyHis report lay unread until 1959, then Freeport trekked in.2

Mines

Worked atGrasberg minerals districtGrasberg minerals district lies about 10 km away.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q427508 (Tembagapura)
  2. West Irian Copper Project OneMine

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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