Ruostesuo Open Pit Mine
Ruostesuo Mine, Kiuruvesi, North Savo, Finland
The water filled open pit of the Ruostesuo Mine, which was briefly in production between 1988 and 1990. Samples with massive sulfides (pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite) can still be found. Photograph taken in August 2007. Width of pit approximately 130m.
© Wolfgang Hampel