Red Dog

United States · Open pit

Opened: 1989
Region: Alaska
Status: Active
Country: United States
Type: Open pit
Latitude: 68.07
Longitude: -162.87

Notes

The largest zinc mine in the world, above the Arctic Circle on Iñupiat land; concentrate is trucked to a port that ships only in the ice-free hundred days of summer.

Commodities

Zinc Silver Lead

Referenced by

element

Lead Silver Zinc

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