The Lavender Pit

USA / Arizona / Bisbee /
 quarry, copper mine
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This open pit was closed in the mid 1970s.
The total elevation change is more than 1000 ft,
recently used to film the movie Desperation by S King.
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Hayes, Brian: "Infrastructure: A field Guide to the Industrial Landscape. New York, W.W.Norton, 2005. p.10.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender_Pit
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Coordinates:   31°26'1"N   109°54'13"W

Comments

  • It used to be a mountain.
  • So called due to the colorful copper minerals in and below the oxide zone
This article was last modified 11 years ago