TauTona Mine
The TauTona Mine, formerly Western Deep Levels No.3 Shaft, is a gold mine located in the West Wits gold field west of Johannesburg. The mine is near the town of Carletonville in South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mine
- Description: mine in Gauteng, South Africa
- Also known as: “TauTona”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mponeng Gold Mine.
Mponeng Gold Mine
Industrial building
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mponeng is an ultra-deep tabular gold mine in South Africa in the Witwatersrand Basin of the Gauteng Province. Previously known as Western Deep Levels No1 Shaft, the mine began operations in 1986. Mponeng Gold Mine is situated 2 km south of TauTona Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carletonville and Oberholzer.
Carletonville
Town
Carletonville is a town in Gauteng and the seat of the Merafong City Local Municipality in the West Rand District Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, just north of the richest gold-mining area in the world. Carletonville is situated 7 km north of TauTona Mine.
Oberholzer
Suburb
Oberholzer is a town in West Rand District Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The town is 85 km south-west of Johannesburg, just north-west of Carletonville. Oberholzer is situated 9 km northwest of TauTona Mine.
TauTona Mine
- Category: industry
- Location: Merafong City, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover TauTona Mine from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“TauTona Mine” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منجم تاوتونا”
- Azerbaijani: “Tau-Tona mədəni”
- Cebuano: “Western Deep Levels”
- Chinese: “陶托那金矿”
- Chinese: “陶托那金礦”
- Croatian: “TauTona”
- Czech: “ta tona”
- Egyptian Arabic: “منجم تاوتونا”
- French: “mine de TauTona”
- French: “Tau Tona”
- French: “Tautona”
- German: “Mponeng”
- German: “Tautona”
- German: “Western Deep Levels”
- Indonesian: “Tautona”
- Italian: “Miniera di TauTona”
- Japanese: “タウトナ鉱山”
- Polish: “TauTona”
- Slovak: “TauTona”
- Ukrainian: “TauTona Mine”
- Ukrainian: “Тау-Тона”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Blyvooruitzicht and The Village.
Nearby Places
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