Super Pit gold mine The Fimiston Open Pit, colloquially known as the Super Pit, was Australia's largest open cut gold mine until 2016 when it was surpassed by the Newmont Boddington gold mine also in Western Australia. The Super Pit is located off the Goldfields Highway on the south-east edge of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The pit is oblong in plan view and is approximately 3.5 kilometres long, 1.5 kilometres wide and over 600 metres deep. | Mining Geologist

Kalgoorlie Super Pit 🪨🙌 One of Australia’s biggest gold mines, the Super Pit is 3.5 km long, 1.5 km wide, and 600m deep. Located in WA, it’s been operating since 1989 and moves up to 800,000 tonnes of rock a day. So big, it’s visible from space! Follow @fifoaustralia for more mining facts! 🤝 | FIFO Australia

As Kalgoorlie-Boulder goes up, the Super Pit goes down. A fascinating Google timelapse over 30 years of our town's development | Kalgoorlie Miner

Kalgoorlie Superpit is Australia’s largest open pit gold mine. 15 million tonnes of rock is moved from the pit every year. 58 million ounces of gold have been mined from it. Over 4 kilometres wide and 500 metres deep. . . #geology #miningengineering | Mining Geologist

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