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The phosphate mining industry employed 2,200 people. The value of phosphate rock mined was US$2.2 billion. As of 2015, there are 10 active phosphate mines in four states: Florida, North Carolina, Idaho, and Utah. The eastern phosphate deposits are mined from open pits. The western deposits are mined from both surface and underground mines.
Phalaborwa is home to Palabora Mining.The massive open pit mine, nearly 2,000 meters across, is Africa's widest manmade hole. Founded in 1951, Foskor's Mining Division in Phalaborwa mines phosphate rock (foskorite and pyroxenite), from which Foskor's Acid Division in Richards Bay produces phosphoric acid and phosphate-based granular fertilisers for local and international markets.
Prominent Hill mine – copper mine near Coober Pedy, South Australia; Ranger Mine – uranium mine east of Darwin, Northern Territory; Sunrise Dam gold mine – gold mine near Laverton, Western Australia; Super Pit – gold mine near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Telfer Mine – gold and copper mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia
Mine: State: Coordinates: Town: Owner: Dates: Comments: Pyne Mine: Alabama 33°22′33.18″N 86°55′21.65″W Lacey's Chapel: Woodward Iron Company: 1918–1971 One of only two shaft mines dug in the Birmingham District, and the last ore mine to operate in the region, closing in 1971. Sloss Mines: Alabama 33.39816°N 86.93276°W Red Mountain
The mine is located in Richland Township, in Aurora in Beaufort County, North Carolina. [2] The mine, has been owned by PotashCorp since 1995, has an annual production capacity of over six million tonnes of phosphate ore. [2] In 2008 the mine produced 6.6 million tonnes of phosphate ore from which 1.3 million tonnes of phosphoric acid was ...
Bell Island Mine Iron ore Wabana: 1895–1966 Underground Mine Buchans Mine Zinc, copper, lead, silver, gold Buchans: AND Co., Asarco 1906–1911, 1926–1984 Underground mine, open pit mine Rambler Copper 49°57'14.57"N 56°4'5.049"W Ming's Bight Rambler Metals & Mining Canada 2005 to present Underground mine Coal Brook Gypsum Deposit [2] Gypsum
Indiana is the Limestone Capital of the world. Many quarries are located in southern Indiana, including The Empire Quarry, which supplied stone for The Empire State Building. Oolitic Indiana is home to Indiana Limestone Corporation, the longest operating stone quarry in the United States.
Location of Knox County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Knox County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...