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Posted: 19 Mar 2007

Taken: 01 Jul 1972

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"The Great Opencast", Parys Mountain copper mine, Anglesey, North Wales.

"The Great Opencast", Parys Mountain copper mine, Anglesey, North Wales.

The "Great Open Cast" - abandoned open-pit copper workings at Parys Mountain, Anglesey, North Wales.
Scanned from Kodachrome 25 transparency film.

Useful Links:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parys_Mountain
www.parysmountain.co.uk/

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slgwv ^club

Complete with a pit lake! How's the water quality--much acid-mine drainage?

8 years ago.

Earthwatcher ^club

It was very acid at the time: around pH 2. I think there has been quite a lot of remediation and water treatment since.

8 years ago.

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