Omai mine (Q17072538)

  • matcher place: Guyana (relation 287083)
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Omai Mine is located in Guyana on the north coast of South America near the west bank of the Essequibo River in the interior of the country. Access to Omai is by road from the capital of Georgetown on the coast, and from the town of Linden approximately 60 km away. There is an operational airstrip on site which can accommodate aircraft from Georgetown (40 min. flight). Gold mining at Omai is known from at least the 1880s, and when it was developed as a large scale mine in 1992 by Cambior, the mine was the largest gold mine in the Guiana Shield and a major source of income and employment in Guyana. During the period from 1992 – 2005, Omai produced 3.7 Moz of gold at an average grade of 1.5 g/t Au from the Fennell and the Wenot open pits.

Summary from Svenska / Swedish Wikipedia (svwiki)

Omai Mine är en gruva i Guyana. Den ligger i regionen Cuyuni-Mazaruni, i den centrala delen av landet, 170 km söder om huvudstaden Georgetown. Omai Mine ligger 38 meter över havet.

Wikidata location: 5.4333, -58.7500 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Omai Mine (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
name: Omai Mine
source: Bing
landuse: quarry
operator: Mahdia Gold Corporation
resource: gold
wikidata: Q17072538

wikidata match: Q17072538

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mine (Q820477) industrial=mine
subterranea (Q863404) location=underground

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Gold mines in Guyana man_made=mine, industrial=mine, landuse=quarry, gnis:feature_type=Mine, man_made=mineshaft