Latitude: 21°18'25"S
Longitude: 25°22'12"E
Open cast diamond mine, owned by Debswana, a 50:50 joint venture of De Beers and the Botswanian government. The mine works two pipes; the northern (older) one was discovered in 1967 by De Beers geologists using traditional heavy-mineral sampling. Production started in 1971. The mine is currently one of the largest diamond producers. In 2004, it produced 16.9 million ct, which was about 15% of the world production.
Located about 250 km west of Francistown.
References
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 147 & 415.
- Field, M., Stiefenhofer, J., Robey, J., and Kurszlaukis, S. (2008): Kimberlite-hosted diamond deposits of southern Africa: A review. Ore Geology Reviews 34, 33-75.
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