Carlota Copper Company Internship
I forgot to post this and I just found it. It has been a awesome busy semester. My summer started out fast since I had a final on Thursday and then had to be in Phoenix the next day. Well last summer I moved to Phoenix, Arizona to work in Globe at Carlota. I was hired to be a geology intern to do two different projects. One being exploration rock sampling and the second one being ore control. I love doing both of the jobs. They both had pros and cons. The Awesome part of the exploration was I got to hike around in the mountains taking samples. But the rock sampling was repetitive. But it was a good experience. Now for ore control, I loved it! I was in charge of a big part in the mine. I had to go out take rock samples in the pit, describe the rock look for mineralization and then update 3D geologic maps. Then I would get data back from the lab and figure which areas to mine for ore and waste. The I would send information to the surveys to stake the area I pick to mine. It was an awesome job I got to tell the miner where to mine and that was cool since I am still a college student! Also I got to go to Tuscon and take a 3D software program class. I learned a lot and I was cool how computers are so advanced. This opportunity working for a copper mine was very beneficial to me. I learned skills that I will uses in the future.
Exploration sampling
Around the pit
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| Before the explosion the pictures below are of the blast!!!!!! |
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| This guy is awesome. Kenny B the head Engineer(control of the blasting) |
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| The PIT |
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| Me standing by the tire |
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| The other intern Garrett and I |
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| Trucks lined up waiting to be loaded |
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| Zoomed in to the haul truck from the picture above. |
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| Part of the pit |
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| Cruising down the haul road |
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| Leach pads where the copper is extracted from the rock |
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| The finished product |
