Red Dog mine
The Red Dog mine is a large zinc and lead mine located in the CDP of Red Dog Mine, part of the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Located about 80 miles north of Kotzebue, the facility is operated by the Canadian mining company Teck Resources on land owned by the NANA Regional Corporation.
Photo: USGS, Public domain.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Alaska, United States
- Also known as: “Red Dog Mine”
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Red Dog Mine
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Red Dog Mine is a census-designated place in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 5 at the 2020 census, down from 309 in 2010.
Red Dog mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Northwest Arctic, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
68.06599° or 68° 3′ 58″ north
Longitude
-162.83546° or 162° 50′ 8″ west
Elevation
978 feet (298 metres)
Operator
Teck Resources Ltd
Open location code
92WV3587+9R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Red Dog mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Red Dog mine”
- Chinese: “紅狗礦”
- French: “mine de Red Dog”
- French: “Mine de Red Dog”
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