Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua

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Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua Mar 1, 2021 21:31:34 GMT -5 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 likes this

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The worlds largest copper / gold mine, located high up in the Sudirman Mountains in the West Papua province of Indonesia. The open cut pit is at about 14.000', the processing plants at 11.000', and the service town housing the mine emloyees, Tembagapura, is at 6,250'
The companies running the site keep meteorological records at the various altitudes, although I have not been able to find them.

The basic climate data is for Tembagapura

Would be interesting to see the data for the site of the pit at 14.000' !

Some more reading about the site...
www.mining-technology.com/projects/grasbergopenpit/#:~:text=Grasberg%20mine%20has%20the%20single,the%20island%20of%20New%20Guinea.
And a ski resort ? ?
snowbrains.com/2nd-highest-ski-resort-on-earth-indonesia/

Steelernation Supreme Legend Posts: 10,650 Location: Fort Collins, CO	Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua Mar 1, 2021 21:36:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Steelernation on Mar 1, 2021 21:36:36 GMT -5 F+, at least it’s not cold rain and maybe gets some thunderstorms.
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tommyFL Legend Posts: 3,611 Location: Arundel, FL Member is Online	Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua Mar 1, 2021 21:49:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tommyFL on Mar 1, 2021 21:49:45 GMT -5 Climate-Data.org is the source. Enough said. Climate is a D. Comfortable but way too wet.
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🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 Supreme Legend Posts: 14,814 Location: Адаминаби Турку	Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua Mar 1, 2021 22:13:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Mar 1, 2021 22:13:49 GMT -5 D Liveable but pretty bad.

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Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua Mar 1, 2021 22:21:01 GMT -5 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 likes this

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My cousin worked there in the 2000's.....reckoned it was shit !....rained every day at 11.000', some sleet and rare snow at the pit ( 14,000')
He was/is a keen fisherman, and there were rainbow and brown trout stocked in some of the high altitude impoundments. He said he could catch trout in the morning and barramundi on the lowlands in the evenings after work.

deneb78 Frequent Poster Posts: 829	Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua Mar 1, 2021 23:03:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by deneb78 on Mar 1, 2021 23:03:38 GMT -5 B- Temperatures are comfortable but not stellar but loses points for being too wet.

irlinit Legend Posts: 1,914	Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua Mar 2, 2021 3:31:13 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by irlinit on Mar 2, 2021 3:31:13 GMT -5 D- Possibly an E, saving grace is that it isn’t cold, however far too wet.

chesternz Legend Posts: 1,725	Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua Mar 2, 2021 6:30:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by chesternz on Mar 2, 2021 6:30:22 GMT -5 C+. Mild temps, but way too much rain and barely any variation.

Morningrise Legend Posts: 2,988 Location: Saskatoon	Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua Mar 4, 2021 21:48:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Morningrise on Mar 4, 2021 21:48:43 GMT -5 D. Comfortable temperatures even though they're far too monotonous for my liking, but of course the extreme precipitation ruins it.

psychedamike24 Frequent Poster Posts: 311	Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua Mar 5, 2021 21:30:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by psychedamike24 on Mar 5, 2021 21:30:50 GMT -5 The data for that climate chart definitely wasn't taken at 11,000 ft (~3600 m), I can tell you that.

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Mar 5, 2021 21:30:50 GMT -5 psychedamike24 said:

The data for that climate chart definitely wasn't taken at 11,000 ft (~3600 m), I can tell you that.

Nope, OP clearly states the chart is from the service town of Tembagapura at about 1930m asl. The mining company records climate data at the mill and the pit, would be good to be able to access the data.

Cadeau Legend N'oublie pas de t'aimer Posts: 5,096 Location: 🇫🇷 Paris	Grasberg ( Freeport ) Mine, West Papua Mar 10, 2021 13:00:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cadeau on Mar 10, 2021 13:00:04 GMT -5 How many thunderstorms do they receive about in a year? My answer varies from B to D depends on the count.
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