Beeshoek mine (Q16253981)

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Beeshoek mine is a large iron mine located near Postmasburg in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Beeshoek represents one of the largest iron ore reserves in South Africa and in the world, having estimated reserves of 117.5 million tonnes of ore grading 63.7% iron metal.

Wikidata location: -28.3833, 22.9750 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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Iron mines in South Africa gnis:feature_type=Mine, landuse=quarry, man_made=mine, industrial=mine, man_made=mineshaft