Leachate Ponds of Strip Mine
USA /
Pennsylvania /
Wilmore /
World
/ USA
/ Pennsylvania
/ Wilmore
World / United States / Pennsylvania
pond
Add category
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.
Further reading:
More info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_mine_drainage
Further reading:
More info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_mine_drainage
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°15'51"N 78°42'37"W
- Leachate Ponds of Strip Mine 3 km
- Dorsey's Pond 84 km
- Warden Lake 126 km
- Nicol's Quarry 189 km
- Pond 193 km
- Mill Race Pond 212 km
- Belle Grove Ponds - Pond 1 212 km
- Beaver Valley 214 km
- Otter Pond 236 km
- St. Paul's Millpond 247 km
- Adams Township 4.5 km
- Ogle Township 8.3 km
- Summerhill Township 10 km
- Blue Knob massif 14 km
- Greenfield Township 17 km
- Cambria County, Pennsylvania 24 km
- Cambria Township 26 km
- Bedford County, Pennsylvania 34 km
- Blair County, Pennsylvania 39 km
- Somerset County, Pennsylvania 40 km