Leachate Ponds of Strip Mine
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Leachate from the strip mine pools here. The liquid is unsafe for drinking. Rainwater fills some of the ponds, but others contain various chemicals leftover from the mining process. Some pools turn unnatural colors at certain times of the year: sometimes orange, turquoise, or yellow.
More info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_mine_drainage
More info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_mine_drainage
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°14'35"N 78°44'2"W
- Dorsey's Pond 82 km
- Warden Lake 124 km
- Nicol's Quarry 190 km
- Pond 195 km
- Stone Lake 203 km
- Mill Race Pond 212 km
- Belle Grove Ponds - Pond 1 213 km
- Beaver Valley 214 km
- Otter Pond 236 km
- St. Paul's Millpond 248 km
- Ogle Township 5.6 km
- Adams Township 6.6 km
- Summerhill Township 13 km
- Blue Knob massif 17 km
- Greenfield Township 19 km
- Cambria County, Pennsylvania 27 km
- Cambria Township 28 km
- Bedford County, Pennsylvania 33 km
- Somerset County, Pennsylvania 37 km
- Blair County, Pennsylvania 42 km