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Gaspe Mines

Canada / Quebec / Murdochville /
 mine, copper mine, metallurgy, mining, smelter

Gaspe Mines, closed after 50 years of copper extraction from two open pits and a complex underground mine. Mine site also included mills and a smelter. The Dark square in the centre is the open pit, now filling with ground water. The pink areas are how Landsat represents "unvegetated land cover".

www.murdochville.com/ville/history.html
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Coordinates:   48°58'0"N   65°31'21"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago