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This is a list of open-pit mines .
Super Pit gold mine.
Argentina
Australia
Boddington Gold Mine – gold and copper mine near
Boddington, Western Australia
Cadia Mine – gold and copper mine located near
Orange, New South Wales
Challenger Mine – gold mine near
Coober Pedy, South Australia
Hunter Valley Operations – metallurgic and thermal coal mine near
Singleton, New South Wales
McArthur River Mine – zinc, lead and silver mine southwest of
Borroloola, Northern Territory
Prominent Hill mine – copper mine near
Coober Pedy, South Australia
Ranger Mine – uranium mine east of
Darwin, Northern Territory
Sunrise Dam gold mine – gold mine near
Laverton, Western Australia
Super Pit – gold mine near
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Telfer Mine – gold and copper mine in the
Pilbara ,
Western Australia
Peak Downs Mine – coking coal mine near
Moranbah ,
Queensland
Goonyella Riverside Mine – metallurgical coking coal near
Moranbah ,
Queensland
Botswana
Bulgaria
Canada
East Pit of Sherman Mine in Temagami, Ontario, Canada
Adams Mine – abandoned mine in
Kirkland Lake ,
Ontario
Athabasca oil sands – second largest proven
petroleum reserve in the world as of 2013, located in northern
Alberta along the
Athabasca river .
Barkerville Mine - Gold Mine near
Wells, British Columbia
Colomac Mine – gold mine in
Northwest Territories
Copperfields Mine , an abandoned
base and
precious metal mine in
Temagami ,
Ontario
Copper Mountain Mine – Copper mine South of
Princeton, British Columbia
Detour Lake Gold Mine - Gold mine in
Cochrane ,
Ontario
Diavik Diamond Mine –
diamond mine in Northwest Territories
Ekati Diamond Mine – diamond mine in Northwest Territories
Elkview Operations – Coal mine in the Elk Valley of British Columbia
Fording River – Coal mine in the Elk Valley of British Columbia
Gibraltar Mine copper mine near
Williams Lake, British Columbia
Greenhills - Coal Mine in the Elk Valley of British Columbia
Highland Valley Copper – copper mine in
British Columbia
Kanichee Mine , an abandoned base and precious metal mine in Temagami, Ontario
Line Creek – Coal Mine in the Elk Valley of British Columbia
Marmoraton Mine - abandoned Iron ore mine east of Peterborough, Ontario and North of Trenton, Ontario
Mary River Mine – Iron mine in the Mary River region of
Baffin Island, Nunavut
Mount Milligan – Copper/Gold Mine west of
Mackenzie, British Columbia
[1]
Pine Point Mine – lead and zinc mine in Northwest Territories
Red Chris Mine - Copper/Gold Mine 80km South of
Dease Lake, British Columbia
[2]
Sherman Mine – abandoned iron mine in Temagami, Ontario
Canadian Malartic Gold mine (Largest in Canada)
Chile
Colombia
Egypt
Germany
Lignite mine in the background of
Lützerath , Germany
India
Rampura Agucha Mines, Zinc mine in Rajasthan
Indonesia
Iran
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Namibia
Open Cast Mine, Uncovered Coal Seam, Kai Point Coal Mine, New Zealand
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
The
Udachnaya pipe in Russia.
Abandoned
baryte mine shaft in Perthshire, Scotland; an example of small scale open pit mining
South Africa
The
Big Hole – a former diamond mine in
Kimberley , dug to 240 m (790 ft) between 1871 and 1914, making it the deepest hand-excavated pit in the world. Now a museum.
The
Jagersfontein Mine – operating between 1888 and 1971. This was hand-excavated to 201 m (660 ft) by 1911, and the hand-dug pit was sightly larger than the Big Hole.
The
Palabora Open Pit – mechanically excavated by Palabora Mining Company, in
Phalaborwa , Limpopo Province. The pit is 898m deep and 1846m across on top.
[5]
Voorspoed diamond mine
Serbia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
The Lavender Pit,
Bisbee, Arizona
Berkeley Pit – former copper mine in
Butte ,
Montana ; now the largest and most expensive
Superfund site in history
Bingham Canyon Mine – copper mine in
Salt Lake County ,
Utah ; largest man-made excavation on Earth; more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine
Chino Mine – copper mine in
Grant County ,
New Mexico
Cresson Mine – gold mine in
Victor, Colorado
Fort Knox mine – gold mine in the
Fairbanks mining district of Alaska
Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine – largest open pit iron mine in the world, near
Hibbing, Minnesota
[7]
Lavender Pit – copper mine in
Cochise County ,
Arizona
Morenci Mine – copper mine in
Greenlee County ,
Arizona
Mountain Iron Mine – iron mine in
Mountain Iron, Minnesota
Robinson Mine – copper and gold mine in
Ruth, Nevada
[8]
New Cornelia mine – inactive copper mine near
Ajo, Arizona
Ray mine – Asarco copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona
Red Dog mine – zinc and lead mine in
Red Dog Mine, Alaska
Rio Tinto Borax Mine –
California 's largest
open-pit mine and the largest
borax mine in the world
Thompson Creek mine – molybdenum mine in
Custer County, Idaho
Zambia
Nchanga Open Pit Mine ,
Chingola – the second largest open cast mine in the world,
[9] covering nearly 30 km2 and up to 400m deep.
Area j open cast mine, kitwe, copper ores.
See also
Mining – Extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth
Open-pit mining – Surface mining technique
References