Berkeley Pit
The Berkeley Pit is a former open pit copper mine in the western United States, located in Butte, Montana. It is one mile long by one-half mile wide, with an approximate maximum depth of 1,780 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burton K. Wheeler House and Butte High School.
Burton K. Wheeler House
Protected area
The Burton K. Wheeler House is a historic house at 1232 East 2nd Street in Butte, Montana, United States. Built about 1923, this modest working-class house was for many years the home of politician Burton K. Burton K. Wheeler House is situated 1 mile southwest of Berkeley Pit.
Butte High School
School
Butte High School is a public high school in Butte, Montana. It was established in 1896. Butte High School is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Berkeley Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Butte and Walkerville.
Butte
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Butte is one of the major towns in Montana, with a population of 35,000. In its heyday between the late 19th century and about 1920, it was one of the largest and most notorious copper boomtowns in the American West, home to hundreds of saloons and a famous red-light district.
Walkerville
Village
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Walkerville is a town in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, that is an enclave of the consolidated city-county of Butte. The population was 639 at the 2020 census. Walkerville is situated 1½ miles northwest of Berkeley Pit.
Elk Park Pass
Locality
Elk Park Pass, elevation 6,352 ft, is a mountain pass on the Continental Divide in southwestern Montana, about 4 miles northeast of Butte. It is traversed by Interstate 15 and is one of three crossings of the Divide by the Interstate, the others being Monida Pass and Deer Lodge Pass southwest of Butte. Elk Park Pass is situated 3 miles northeast of Berkeley Pit.
Berkeley Pit
- Type: Mine
- Description: mine
- Categories: quarry lake and industry
- Location: Silver Bow County, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Berkeley Pit” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة بيركلي”
- Cebuano: “Berkeley Pit”
- Dutch: “Berkeley Pit”
- Dutch: “Berkeley Pitt”
- French: “Berkeley Pit”
- German: “Berkeley Pit”
- Italian: “Berkeley Pit”
- Persian: “معدن برکلی”
- Portuguese: “Berkeley Pit”
- Russian: “Беркли Пит”
- Russian: “Беркли-Пит”
- Russian: “Карьер Беркли”
- Slovenian: “Berkeleyski jašek”
- Ukrainian: “Берклі Піт”
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