Pretty impressive - looks like a pyramid (upside down) would fit in that
pit...
On 5/6/2014 8:23 AM, Alan C wrote:
Palabora Mining Company (PMC), formerly a Rio Tinto company, mined
copper from this open pit until about 12 years ago when the
underground phase began. Rio Tinto sold out to a Chinese company last
year. The headgear can be seen to the right behind the pit. To the
left of the headgear can also be seen the flotation plant & refinery.
The open pit is about 1.2km in diameter and 700m deep, the bottom
being about 300m below sea level. The large fault on the northern side
collapsed when wall maintenance was discontinued. We used to have an
annual road race out of the pit - roughly 7km from bottom to top plus
another 5km to the mine club. This is a two shot pano taken from the
F7 waste dump on the western side.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/13935216898/
Alan C
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