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Berkeley Pit, Butte, Montana

Detailed Description

The historical Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana was developed during open-pit mining of polymetallic veins that overlie a porphyry stockwork vein deposit at depth. The veins are hosted in the Butte granite, one of many granitic phases of the Boulder batholith. View is to the north-northeast.

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Public Domain.