Mir mine
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Mir mine is a massive former open-pit diamond mine in Mirny, Siberia, notable as one of the world’s largest man-made excavations and a key site in the Soviet Union’s diamond industry.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former mine
ⓘ
open-pit diamond mine ⓘ |
| annualProductionPeak | millions of carats of diamonds ⓘ |
| cityServed | Mirny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| countryDuringSovietEra | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentUse | industrial site with restricted access ⓘ |
| depth | approximately 525 metres ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Soviet Union
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yakutalmaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diameter | approximately 1.2 kilometres ⓘ |
| discovered | 1955 ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Soviet geologists ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 340 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| endOfOpenPitOperation | 2001 ⓘ |
| endOfUndergroundOperation | 2017 ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | kimberlite pipe ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mirny Mine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mirny diamond mine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | 62.530 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | 113.990 ⓘ |
| hasMiningMethod |
open-pit mining
ⓘ
underground mining ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mirny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Sakha Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFederalDistrict | Far Eastern Federal District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Yakutsk Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Mirny Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| mineralOutput | kimberlite-hosted diamonds ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Mirny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest open-pit diamond mines
ⓘ
being one of the world’s largest man-made excavations ⓘ role in the Soviet diamond industry ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Alrosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Alrosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Russian diamond industry
ⓘ
Soviet diamond industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product | diamonds ⓘ |
| risk | aerodynamic hazard to low-flying aircraft ⓘ |
| RussianName | Карьер «Мир» NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | circular open pit ⓘ |
| startOfConstruction | 1957 ⓘ |
| startOfOperation | 1957 ⓘ |
| status | closed for mining ⓘ |
| transitionedToUndergroundMining | 2000s ⓘ |
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