Environmental Impacts of Mining in the Keweenaw - Keweenaw ...
Fortunately, this means that the waste products of mining here were more benign than in other parts of the world—but there still are long lasting environmental impacts. The main byproducts of copper mining in the Keweenaw were waste rock piles from the mines, tailings from the stamp mills and slag piles from the smelters.
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