Mines & Extraction · mine
Mponeng
South Africa · Underground
- Opened
- 1986
- Region
- Gauteng
- Status
- Active
- Country
- South Africa
- Type
- Underground
- Latitude
- -26.42
- Longitude
- 27.42
Notes
The deepest mine on Earth, approaching 4 km, on the Witwatersrand basin that has produced around 40 % of all the gold ever mined; rock at the face is 60 °C and has to be cooled with ice.
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