Super Pit

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The Super Pit is one of Australia’s largest open-cut gold mines, located on the outskirts of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gold mine
open-cut gold mine
open-pit mine
alsoKnownAs Fimiston Open Pit
Fimiston Open Pit
surface form: Kalgoorlie Super Pit
approximateDepth more than 600 metres
approximateLength about 3.5 kilometres
approximateWidth about 1.5 kilometres
commodityMined gold
continent Australia
country Australia
developmentType consolidation of multiple underground mines
economicRole major employer in Kalgoorlie-Boulder region
environmentalImpact dust and noise generation
landscape alteration
geologicalProvince Yilgarn Craton
hasActivity blasting operations
truck-and-shovel mining
hasFacility viewing platform for tourists
hasInfrastructure haul roads
tailings storage facilities
waste rock dumps
locatedIn Kalgoorlie
Western Australia
locatedOn outskirts of Kalgoorlie
miningMethod open-cut mining
near Boulder
Fimiston
nearbyCity Kalgoorlie
surface form: Kalgoorlie-Boulder
opened 1989
oreType Archaean lode gold deposits
owner Northern Star Resources
partOf Goldfields
surface form: Eastern Goldfields

Kalgoorlie
surface form: Kalgoorlie goldfields
previousOwner Barrick Gold Corporation
surface form: Barrick Gold

AngloGold Ashanti
surface form: Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines

Newmont Mining
primaryOreBody Golden Mile
processingMethod crushing and milling of ore
cyanide leaching
productForm gold doré bars
regulatoryJurisdiction Government of Western Australia
significance major gold producer in Western Australia
one of Australia’s largest open-cut gold mines
state Western Australia
timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
tourismRole popular mining tourism attraction

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Kalgoorlie knownFor Super Pit