Highland Valley Copper mine, one of the world's largest open-pit mines, British Columbia, Canada

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 29 June 2021 at 19:09:19 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 20 November 2021 at 01:54:26 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 14 December 2021 at 01:54:25 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, geology, natural resources, open pit mine, infrastructure, Canada
Fig. 1 - S1 (20.11.2021->14.12.2021) - The Highland Valley Copper mine is located in British Columbia between Thompson and Nicola rivers.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (29.06.2021) - It is an amalgamation of three historic mining operations: Bethlehem (later Valley Copper), Lornex and Highmont.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (29.06.2021) - The complex consists of several large deep pits, dug to access low-grade copper & molybdenum bearing ore.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (29.06.2021) - Valley pit is one of the world's largest open-pit mines: 800 metres deep and 3.2 kilometres in diameter.
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