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    The Berkeley Pit is a former open pit copper mine in the western United States, located in Butte, Montana. It is one mile (1.6 km) long by one-half mile...
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    company shifted to open-pit mining in the mid-twentieth century. Over several decades, mining took place at the Berkeley Pit before operations were ceased...
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    largest Superfund site in the nation, and the city is also home to the Berkeley Pit. In the late 20th century, the EPA instated cleanup efforts, and the...
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    the number of chronically homeless individuals reported in the 2009 Berkeley PIT. However, the number of "hidden homeless" individuals (those coping with...
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    Berkelic acid (redirect from Berkeley acid)
    was first discovered in a fungal species which evolved to live in the Berkeley Pit. Stierle, AA; Stierle, DB; Kelly, K (2006). "Berkelic acid, a novel spiroketal...
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  • in 1982 when the deep pumps draining the Berkeley Pit and the underground mines were shut off, allowing the Pit and mines to fill. The company presently...
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  • dog who lived on Montana Resources properties surrounding the Berkeley Pit, an open pit copper mine and Superfund site in Butte, Montana. First seen at...
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    closed operations in 1947 and was eventually consumed by the Berkeley Pit, a vast open-pit mine. Originally a silver mine, it was bought for $30,000 in...
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    and intermittently for years thereafter. Open-pit mining began at the Berkeley Pit in 1955; the Berkeley Pit has been inactive for years, and continues to...
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    University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Founded...
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  • company, Montana Resources, operates a much smaller open-pit mine east of the defunct Berkeley Pit. ARCO was the responsible party (by its ownership of Anaconda...
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    operates an open pit copper and molybdenum mine in Butte, and also recovers copper from the water in the Berkeley Pit. In 1980 the Berkeley Pit, the Clark Fork...
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    Berkeleytrione is a bio-active fungal isolate from the Berkeley Pit. Stierle, DB; Stierle, AA; Hobbs, JD; Stokken, J; Clardy, J (2004). "Berkeleydione...
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    discovered in fungal species which evolved to live in an acidic lake at Berkeley Pit. Stierle, DB; Stierle, AA; Hobbs, JD; Stokken, J; Clardy, J (2004). "Berkeleydione...
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    "The Auditor" is assumed to be a Puli. It lived in the contaminated Berkeley Pit copper mine in Butte, Montana. Notable for being one of the few things...
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    near Lambley, Northumberland – coal mine (given planning approval 2014) Berkeley Pit – former copper mine in Butte, Montana; now the largest and most expensive...
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    Ontario, Canada Ok Tedi Mine in Western Province, Papua New Guinea The Berkeley Pit Wheal Jane Mines Environmental impact of deep sea mining Environmental...
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  • Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA 1951-2003. Effects of polluted water in the Berkeley Pit in the United States Gulf of Mexico dead zone Ignition and conflagration...
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    October 2019. "Reporter's notebook: Visiting depths of Butte's Continental Pit". Montana Standard. Butte, Montana. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2020...
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    and a metabolite of mine-dwelling Penicillium vermiculatum found in Berkeley Pit Lake, Butte, Montana. Penisimplicissin is a vermistatin analog with anticancer...
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    become very dangerous and plans are being made to restore or remove them. Berkeley Pit is 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south. The town is on the U.S. Continental...
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    La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt...
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    Tar pits, sometimes referred to as asphalt pits, are large asphalt deposits. They form in the presence of petroleum, which is created when decayed organic...
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    of Arequipa Ajo, Arizona Bagdad, Arizona Berkeley Pit, Butte, Montana Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Arizona Morenci, Arizona Pebble...
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    Company. Much of the ore the smelter processed after 1955 came from the Berkeley Pit just north of Butte, Montana. At the time it was built, the stack was...
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    the product of open pit lignite mining, have to deal with acid mine drainage Argo Tunnel, Idaho Springs, Colorado, US Berkeley Pit superfund site, covering...
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    longer flows directly into Silver Bow Creek as it is now captured by the Berkeley Pit. Silver Bow Creek flows northwest and north through a high mountain valley...
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  • microbes with the same kind of extreme novel characteristics as Stetter's. Berkeley Pit Polypeptide Protein Allostery "Amazing Microbes". www.ornl.gov. Archived...
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  • Berkeleydione fungal extremophile (Berkeley Pit, Montana) anticancer polyketide-terpenoid Berkeleytrione fungal extremophile (Berkeley Pit, Montana) anticancer polyketide-terpenoid...
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    The Pit River Tribe is a federally recognized tribe of eleven bands of indigenous peoples of California. They primarily live along the Pit River in the...
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