Panguna open pit (papua-new-guinea)
Type: landuse=quarry
Coordinates: -6.314035758753995, 155.49490875819546
Area: 2.9083231572265626 km²
OSM tags:
alt_name: Panguna Mine
description: Primarilly an open-cast copper mine which also produced signifcant gold and silver. Production halted by militant activity but may resume in the future.
disused: yes
end_date: 1989-05-15
historic:operator: Rio Tinto Bougainville Copper Ltd.
landuse: quarry
name: Panguna open pit
operator: Bougainville Copper Limited
resource: copper;gold;silver
source:description: 2024 Annual Report
start_date: 1972
website: https://www.bcl.com.pg/
wikipedia: en:Panguna mine