The Kalgoorlie Super Pit
The Kalgoorlie Super Pit
Owner: Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines
Type of Mine: Gold
Location: Kalgoorlie, Australia
Built: 1989
As the largest open-pit gold mine, the Faimiston Open Pit, commonly called the Super Pit, cuts an oblong shape out of Western Australia 3.5 km long, 1.5 km wide and 320 meters deep. The Super Pit produces around 850,000 ounces of gold each year.
Image courtesy of Superpit.com.au; Kalgoorlie consolidated Gold Mines, 10 January 2012
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