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usa montana butte berkeley pit copper mine stock photo
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Title:  usa montana butte berkeley pit copper mine  ? 
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Original:  digital, 3000+ pixels longest side 
Keywords:  mined  for  gold  silver  and  copper  the  region  of  butte  montana  was  already  the richest hill on earth  by  the  end  of  the  19th  century  demand  for  electricity  increased  demand  for  copper  so  much  that  by  world  war  i  the  city  of  butte  was  a  boomtown  well  before  world  war  i  however  copper  mining  had  spurred  the  creation  of  an  intricate  complex  of  underground  drains  and  pumps  to  lower  the  groundwater  level  and  continue  the  extraction  of  copper  water  extracted  from  the  mines  was  so  rich  in  dissolved  copper  sulfate  that  it  was  also  mined  by  chemical  precipitation  for  the  copper  it  contained  in  1955  copper  mining  in  the  area  expanded  with  the  opening  of  the  berkeley  pit  the  mine  took  advantage  of  the  existing  subterranean  drainage  and  pump  network  to  lower  groundwater  until  1982  when  a  new  owner  suspended  operations  after  the  pumps  were  turned  off  water  from  the  surrounding  rock  basin  began  seeping  into  the  pit  by  the  time  an  astronaut  on  the  international  space  station  took  this  picture  on  august  2  2006  water  in  the  pit  was  more  than  275  meters  900  feet  deep  this  image  shows  many  features  of  the  mine  workings  such  as  the  terraced  levels  and  access  roadways  of  the  open  mine  pits  gray  and  tan  sculptured  surfaces  a  large  gray  tailings  pile  of  waste  rock  and  an  adjacent  tailings  pond  appear  to  the  north  of  the  berkeley  pit  color  changes  in  the  tailings  pond  result  primarily  from  changing  water  depth  because  its  water  contains  high  concentrations  of  metals  such  as  copper  and  zinc  the  berkeley  pit  is  listed  as  a  federal  superfund  site  the  berkeley  pit  receives  groundwater  flowing  through  the  surrounding  bedrock  and  acts  as  a  terminal pit  or  sink  for  these  heavy  metal  laden  waters  which  can  be  as  strong  as  battery  acid  ongoing  cleanup  efforts  include  treating  and  diverting  water  at  locations  upstream  of  the  pit  to  reduce  inflow  and  decrease  the  risk  of  accidental  release  of  contaminated  water  from  the  pit  into  local  aquifers  or  surface  streams   

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