Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic mining complex lead mine silver mine zinc mine

Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine is a historic mining complex in southern Poland renowned for its extensive underground tunnels, water-management system, and significant role in the region’s centuries-long metal ore extraction.

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Label	Occurrences
Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System	4
Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine canonical	2
Kopalnia ołowiu, srebra i cynku oraz system gospodarowania wodami podziemnymi w Tarnowskich Górach	1
Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine UNESCO World Heritage property	1
Tarnowskie Góry mining authorities	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2804610 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine
Context triple: [Silesia, hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite, Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine]

A. Tioga Mine
Tioga Mine was a historic silver mining operation in the Sierra Nevada of California that gave its name to nearby Tioga Pass.
B. Nemocón salt mine
Nemocón salt mine is a historic underground salt mine and tourist attraction in Colombia known for its impressive tunnels, saline formations, and cultural exhibits.
C. Los Pelambres mine
Los Pelambres mine is a large open-pit copper and molybdenum mining operation located in the Coquimbo Region of Chile and operated by Antofagasta plc.
D. Panguna mine
Panguna mine is a large, now-closed open-cut copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea that was once among the world’s biggest and played a central role in the Bougainville conflict.
E. El Teniente mine
El Teniente mine is one of the world’s largest underground copper mines, located in central Chile and operated by the state-owned company Codelco.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine
Target entity description: Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine is a historic mining complex in southern Poland renowned for its extensive underground tunnels, water-management system, and significant role in the region’s centuries-long metal ore extraction.

A. Tioga Mine
Tioga Mine was a historic silver mining operation in the Sierra Nevada of California that gave its name to nearby Tioga Pass.
B. Nemocón salt mine
Nemocón salt mine is a historic underground salt mine and tourist attraction in Colombia known for its impressive tunnels, saline formations, and cultural exhibits.
C. Los Pelambres mine
Los Pelambres mine is a large open-pit copper and molybdenum mining operation located in the Coquimbo Region of Chile and operated by Antofagasta plc.
D. Panguna mine
Panguna mine is a large, now-closed open-cut copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea that was once among the world’s biggest and played a central role in the Bougainville conflict.
E. El Teniente mine
El Teniente mine is one of the world’s largest underground copper mines, located in central Chile and operated by the state-owned company Codelco.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ historic mining complex ⓘ lead mine ⓘ silver mine ⓘ zinc mine ⓘ
associatedTown	Tarnowskie Góry ⓘ
category	cultural heritage site ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
hasPart	Black Trout Adit ⓘ Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry ⓘ linked to: Tarnowskie Góry underground mining galleries adits ⓘ drainage tunnels ⓘ pumping stations ⓘ shafts ⓘ underground mining galleries ⓘ underground water-management system ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageValue	industrial heritage ⓘ mining heritage ⓘ
knownFor	extensive underground tunnels ⓘ historic metal ore extraction ⓘ innovative water-management system ⓘ
languageOfLocalSignage	Polish ⓘ
locatedIn	Tarnowskie Góry ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Europe ⓘ
locatedInHydrologicalBasin	Odra River basin ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Silesian Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Silesia ⓘ
locatedNear	Katowice ⓘ
management	Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Ziemi Tarnogórskiej (Association of Lovers of the Land of Tarnowskie Góry) ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
partOf	Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System ⓘ linked to: Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine
primaryExtractionProduct	lead ore ⓘ silver ore ⓘ zinc ore ⓘ
regionHistoricalImportance	major center of lead and silver mining in Central Europe ⓘ
significantPeriodOfActivity	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
undergroundLength	over 150 kilometers of galleries (approximate) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	criterion (i) ⓘ criterion (ii) ⓘ criterion (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID	1539 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear	2017 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Silesia → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in Poland → hasPart → Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System ⓘ