Circular Shapes: Geometry in El Chino Mine, open-pit copper mine, Silver City, New Mexico

Mining in the World

Explore the geometry in El Chino Mine, New Mexico through Google satellite imagery. To Pan: click and drag the map. Take advantage of the zoom bars.

El Chino Mine
The El Chino (the "Chinaman") Mine is an open-pit copper mine located in the town of Santa Rita, 15 miles (24 km) east of Silver City. The huge open-pit mine was once the largest in the world and is perhaps the oldest mining site still being used in the American southwest. Read more.
See also: El Chino Mine Open Pit Map.  

 


 

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