List of open-pit mines explained
This is a list of open-pit mines.
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
- 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
India
Rampura Agucha Mines, Zinc mine in Rajasthan
Indonesia
Iran
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Namibia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Peru
See main article: List of mines in Peru.
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
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
- 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.
Notes and References
- Web site: Centerra Gold . 2022-06-17 . www.centerragold.com.
- Web site: Red Chris Newcrest . 2022-06-17 . www.newcrest.com . en.
- Web site: Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited . 2022-07-14 . 2015-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150918114510/http://www.nlcindia.com/ . dead .
- Assari . Amin . Defining hydrogeology of the Gohar-Zamin open pit mine, Iran: a case study in a hard-rock aquifer . Hydrogeology Journal . 2019 . 27 . 1479-95 . 23 February 2023.
- Web site: Accommodation Phalaborwa. Bed and Breakfast Phalaborwa.Guesthouse Accommodation.Uncle Tom's . 2015-06-18 . 2015-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150719013904/http://uncletoms.co.za/ . dead .
- Emed Mining gestiona reapertura al turismo de Corta Atalaya en mina Riotinto, Eleconomista.es, 2007-12-09. Accessed online 2010-01-06.
- Web site: Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine (National Historic Landmark) . Minnesota Historical Society . 2009 . 1 March 2017.
- Web site: Robinson. Kghm.com. 28 October 2014.
- Web site: Second Largest Open Cast Mine . Times of Zambia . https://archive.today/20070810024020/http://www.times.co.zm/news/viewnews.cgi?category=8&id=1193485069 . dead . 2007-08-10 . 2009-01-28 .
