Comments on: Bingham Canyon Mine

By: Ric

Ric — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:48:43 +0000

myquealer – spoils, aka tailings. It’s the sand left after everything useful has been removed.

By: John

John — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:08:54 +0000

myquealer – Actually, that appears to be stone (or something else from the ground…) that is being quarried from the mine and placed in that pattern by the machinery (a conveyer) that transports it. I’ve seen photos of that being done at composting facilities as well.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:23:53 +0000

myquealer - I think that's some kind of strip mining. Looks rather cool from up here though!

By: myquealer

myquealer — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:14:14 +0000

This thing just east of Sean's Chuquicamata looks pretty cool.

Bingham Canyon seems bigger than Chuquicamata when zooming out I can still see Bingham Canyon along with all of the western United States. Of course that could just be because there is more contrast with its surrounds than Chuquicamata.

By: Justine

Justine — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:45:54 +0000

This a large quarry, not as big but it always impressed me. It’s the Thornton Quarry in Thornton, Illinois.

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:12:43 +0000

Here's a link that works: Chuquicamata

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:10:57 +0000

That is a very big hole, but if you look at Chuquicamata at the same scaling, I think you'll question whether Bingham Canyon is really the largest open pit copper mine in the world.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:34:51 +0000

This one is a must see in Google Earth to appreciate fully.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:14:03 +0000

Ah, thanks Marc – the link was in there, I just neglected to actually link anything to it…

By: Marc Strauch

Marc Strauch — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:33:14 +0000

No Wikipedia links this time?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingham_Canyon_Mine

Cheers Marc