Open-pit Copper Mine
Silver City, New Mexico, USA
Overview of open pit showing excavated benches, haul truck access roads, and two collecting ponds at the bottom of the pit. The colorful degree of mineral oxidation, deteriorated benches, rockslides and overburden backfilling indicate mining in this portion of the pit has ceased. Water collecting in the ponds is high in dissolved copper and is pumped out of the pit for processing for its copper content.
So Many Thanks to LightHawk for flight support!