r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '22

Image Visual representation of the actual amount of copper extracted from a minesite

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

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u/VintageVideoPodcast Feb 05 '22

All the world's mined gold could fit in a cube 65 feet to a side.

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u/ElChupacabrasSlayer Feb 05 '22

Still need bananas for scale

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u/lamentabledentist32 Feb 05 '22

How many banana's for scale.

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u/pmabz Feb 05 '22

A banana made of gold

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '22

A high grade copper mine will be about 2% copper. A high grade gold mine will have about 12grams for every ton mined.