Voorspoed diamond mine (Q16991479)

  • matcher place: Free State (relation 92417)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Diamond mines in South Africa, Economy of the Free State (province), Moqhaka, Open-pit mines
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Voorspoed mine is one of the largest diamond mines in South Africa and in the world. The mine is located in the center of the country in Kroonstad, Free State. The mine has estimated reserves of 10 million carats of diamonds and an annual production capacity of 800,000 carats.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

27°23′53.3″S 27°12′12.1″O

Wikidata location: -27.4000, 27.2000 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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mine (Q820477) industrial=mine
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Diamond mines in South Africa gnis:feature_type=Mine, landuse=quarry, man_made=mineshaft, man_made=mine, industrial=mine
Open-pit mines gnis:feature_type=Mine, landuse=quarry, man_made=mineshaft, man_made=mine, industrial=mine