Afton Pit Tailings Storage Facility
Afton Pit Tailings Storage Facility is a quarry in British Columbia, Canada. Afton Pit Tailings Storage Facility is situated nearby to Alga Pond, as well as near the reservoir Afton Mines Seepage Pond.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tranquille.
Tranquille
Locality
Photo: Silver Dovelet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tranquille is a neighbourhood of the City of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, located on the northeast side of Kamloops Lake. It is the site of the Tranquille Sanatorium, a home for the mentally disabled, a tuberculosis sanatorium, and originally the Kamloops Home for Men. Tranquille is situated 7 km north of Afton Pit Tailings Storage Facility.
Afton Pit Tailings Storage Facility
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
50.65947° or 50° 39′ 34″ northLongitude
-120.51368° or 120° 30′ 49″ westOperator
New Gold Inc.Open location code
942XMF5P+QGOpenStreetMap ID
way 101886004OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tailings_pond
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