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New Cornelia Tailings of Pima County, Arizona is one of the largest mine tailings piles in the world: 7.4 billion cubic feet, the New Cornelia Tailings is often cited as the largest dam structure in the country, by volume (the tailings, waste material from the mining process, were heaped into a pile that created a holding structure for future tailings, some of which were deposited in a pumped slurry, thus the tailings pile is an "impoundment" or dam). The mine that produced the tailings, the 1.5 mile wide open pit New Cornelia Mine, is owned by Phelps Dodge, and is presently in limbo (shut down in 1983). A project to mine the tailings has been proposed. The next in size is the Fort Peck Dam, 21,430 ft (6,531 m) long and 250 ft (76 m) high, on the Missouri River, NE Mont.; one of the world's largest earth-filled dams.
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What is the biggest superstructure in the world?
The Boeing Plant in Everett, Washington uses 398,000 m2 or 4.3 million sq ft of area and 13.3 million m3 or 472 million cu ft.
Did the 3 gouges dam slow the earths rotation?
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Is the earth the largest planet?
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Largest layer of Earth's surface?
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Where is the second largest earth rolled dam in world?
The second largest earth-filled dam in the world is the Oroville Dam, located in California, USA. It is surpassed in size only by the Jinping-I Dam in China.
Which is the Pakistan's biggest dam?
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What are the 10 largest earthen dams in the US?
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Is Hoover Dam the biggest dam on the world?
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What is the largest dam in the US?
Hoover Hoover
What is North Dakotas largest reservoir?
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What type of dam is the grand coulee dam?
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What is the capital of Washington the state where the largest dam in the US grand coulee dam?
Seattle?
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What is the largest dam in the Philippines?
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What is the capital of Washington the state where the largest dam in us is located?
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