Super Pit, Kalgoorlie
A gold mine 3.5 km long and over 600 m deep in the Australian desert.
Terra Explorer Mines, dams and mountain roads
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The Standard resolution model is free as STL, 3MF, Colored 3MF, OBJ and a 16-bit heightmap. High resolution samples the place about ten times more finely.
- Region
- Kalgoorlie
- Position
- -30.7780, 121.5000
- Area
- 5 × 5 km
- Real elevation
- 141 to 453 m (312 m of relief)
- Printed size
- 150 mm (5.9 in) wide, about 1:33,300
- Heights
- 3× exaggeration
- Elevation data
- Open satellite data (SRTM and others), about 30 m per point
- Suggested color
- Desert
- Group
- Mines, dams and mountain roads
About Super Pit, Kalgoorlie
The Fimiston Open Pit, colloquially known as the Super Pit, is an open-pit mine in Western Australia. It was Australia's largest open cut gold mine until late 2015, when it was overtaken by the Newmont Boddington gold mine, also in Western Australia. The Super Pit is located off the Goldfields Highway on the south-east edge of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The pit is oblong in plan view and is approximately 3.5 kilometres long, 1.6 kilometres wide and over 675 metres deep. The Fimiston Open Pit is owned by Northern Star Resources. The mine produced 456,000 troy ounces (14.2 t) of gold in 2019, and employs around 1,100 employees and contractors directly on site.
From Wikipedia: Super Pit gold mine, text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. The article’s history lists its authors.
Questions about Super Pit, Kalgoorlie
Where is Super Pit?
Super Pit is in Kalgoorlie at -30.7780, 121.5000. The model covers a 5 by 5 kilometer square around that point.
How high is the terrain in the Super Pit model?
The land in this model runs from 141 to 453 m (312 m of relief). These are the measured heights, printed 3 times taller so the shape is easy to see.
Can I 3D print Super Pit?
Yes. Download the free Standard resolution STL and print it on any FDM or resin printer. It is 150 mm wide and about 33.1 mm tall, on a solid 5 mm base, at a scale of about 1:33,300. It also works for CNC carving. Use Customize to change the width, base thickness or height exaggeration, make it round or add a name plate.
How accurate is the Super Pit model?
It is built from real elevation measurements, not an artist's guess: open satellite and survey data (NASA SRTM, Copernicus and national surveys), about 30 meters per point. The shaded picture on this page is made from the same data.
Is the Super Pit model free?
The Standard resolution model is free as STL, 3MF, Colored 3MF, OBJ and a 16-bit heightmap. High resolution samples the place about ten times more finely and is a paid upgrade.
What is a Super Pit terrain model good for?
People use it as a desk piece, an engineering classroom model or a gift for someone who works there.
About this terrain model
Embossify Terra builds Super Pit, Kalgoorlie from real measured elevation, not an artist's guess. Outside the United States the heights come from open satellite and survey data (NASA SRTM, Copernicus and national surveys), about 30 meters per point.
The model covers a 5 by 5 kilometer square centered on -30.7780, 121.5000. It prints 150 mm (5.9 in) wide on a solid base, a scale of about 1:33,300. The heights are exaggerated 3× so the shape is easy to see and feel; you can change that when you customize the model. The sea is flattened to zero, so land stands on a clean base.
New to terrain printing? Read how Terra works. The shaded picture on this page is made by Embossify from the same elevation data.