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Asset ID:

be1b7970-4ed8-4dfb-a482-51fdf51bcfa0

Title:

Morning Star Mine, an abandoned open pit gold mine with large waste rock piles.

Description:

Morning Star Mine, an abandoned open pit gold mine with two large heap leach pads. The mine pit walls are unstable. The waste rock piles are unstable and allowing fine material to eroded into the mine lake. The material in the two heap leach pads are contaminated with cyanide. The material on the pads are also unstable and subject failure.

Image Details:

Overview of waste rock taken from Riley Camp

Copyright:

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Constraints Information:

Public domain

Keywords:

open pit mine , disturbed lands , abandoned mine

Controlled Keywords:

abandoned mine, ()
, dangerous mine, ()
, disturbed lands, ()

Resource Type:

Image

NPS Units:

Mojave National Preserve, Code: MOJA

Locations:

Ivanpah Mountains, Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, California
Latitude: 35.114200592041, Longitude: -115.514999389648