Explore the geometry of a Power Shovel and Haul Trucks in
the Super Pit Gold Mine through Google satellite imagery. To Pan: click and drag
the map. Take advantage of the zoom bars.
The Fimiston Open Pit
Colloquially known as the Super Pit, is
Australia's largest open cut gold mine.
The Super Pit is located off the
Goldfields Highway on the south-east
edge of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western
Australia. Although the pit is actually
oblong in shape, it approximately 3.5
kilometers long, 1.5 kilometers wide and
360 meters deep. At these dimensions, it
is large enough to be seen from space.
The Super Pit is owned by Kalgoorlie
Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd, a
company owned 50/50 by Barrick Gold
Corporation and Newmont Mining
Corporation. The mine produces 850,000
ounces (28 tonnes) per year of gold, and
employs around 550 employees directly on
site.
Originally consisting of a number of
small underground mines, consolidation
into a single open pit mine was
attempted by Alan Bond, but he was
unable to complete the takeover. The
Super Pit was eventually created in 1989
by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines
Pty Ltd. Source:
Wikipedia: Super Pit gold mine.
Haul Truck
Haul trucks are off-highway, two-axle,
rigid dump trucks specifically
engineered for use in high production
mining and heavy-duty construction
environments. Haul truck capacities range from 50 short tons (45 t) to 400 short tons (363 t).
Power shovel
A Power shovel (also stripping shovel or Front Shovel or Electric Mining Shovel) is a bucket equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock, and mineral extraction.
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