pics from the Largest Open Pit Mine in the World

well im almost to my destination today i stopped and took a little side trip in Salt Lake City Utah, to the Kennecott Copper Mine. all i have to say is wow. one of the safety managers said that they were loading in 8 different places and that they had 100 haul trucks looked like Cat 789's and 793's. the mine is 2 1/4 of a mile wide and 3/4 of a mile deep. oh yea those are 793's coming out of the hole in the 4th pic and there are two 24H's in the last pic......

im still on the road but when i get some more time ill post more pics from my trip


wanna know more here is the link http://www.kennecott.com/

that is crazy i bet that was awesome to see. great pics

looks even more unbelivable from the air i saw one in salt lake when we flew into the airport un belivable is the word.

would be cool if they had aerial pics taken each year so you could see the progress over the years.

yes it was great awesome experience, wish i could have gotten closer to those 24's but auh well. i think they may have some other pics on there web site... glad you like the pics

tylermckee said:

would be cool if they had aerial pics taken each year so you could see the progress over the years.

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Like this? Remind me next year and I'll get another shot to compare:bouncegri

Open-pit mines
This list includes only those large open-pit mines for which an article exists in Wikipedia.

Adams Mine – controversial abandoned mine in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Berkeley Pit - former copper mine in Butte, Montana, United States; now a toxic lake.
Chuquicamata – Chilean copper mine
Colomac Mine – gold mine in Northwest Territories, Canada.
Cerrejón – coal mine in Guajira Department, Colombia.
Diavik Diamond Mine – diamond mine in Northwest Territories, Canada.
Ekati Diamond Mine – diamond mine in Northwest Territories, Canada.
El Chino Mine – copper mine in Grant County, New Mexico, United States
Kennecott Copper Mine – copper mine in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; largest open-pit mine in the world
Lavender Pit – copper mine in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
Pascua Lama – gold and silver mine in Atacama, Chile (in project)
Penrhyn Quarry – slate mine in Wales.
Pine Point Mine – lead and zinc mine in Northwest Territories, Canada.
Super Pit – gold mine near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
The Big Hole, a diamond mine in Kimberley, South Africa that reaches a depth of more than 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
Udachnaya pipe – diamond mine in Yakutia, Russia.

From Google Earth in 2005

Hull Rust Mahoning Mine (permalink)
Location: United States, Minnesota, Hibbing
Longitude: -92°59'23"
Latitude: 47°29'51"
Date: 2005 Dec 28, 05:01
Views: 3476
Info: Worlds largest open pit mine
Learn more: nrhp.mnhs.org

http://explorer.altopix.com/media/iuoqnr/1/410/Hull_Rust_Mahoning_Mine.htm?order=date

This is Mount Newman, one of the worlds biggest Iron Ore Mines. Its a bit over 3 miles long and tends not to be one big open cut as they carve around the side of mountains and valleys etc. They continually backfill and re-vegetate. Mount Tom Price is nearby and is actually bigger but its very spread out.

Here's good old Phelps Dodge Morenci - biggest producer in North America.....It's from 12 miles up, but it's the only way I could fit everything in.

I can even nearly point out my house on here!!