List of open-pit mines
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This is a list of open-pit mines.
Argentina[edit]
- Cerro Vanguardia Mine – gold and silver mine located near Puerto San Julián, Santa Cruz
- Pascua Lama – binational gold and silver mine in San Juan, Argentina and Atacama, Chile (in project)
Australia[edit]
- 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[edit]
Bulgaria[edit]
- Maritsa Iztok Mines – coal mine near Radnevo, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria
Canada[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Chuquicamata – copper mine
- Escondida – copper mine
- Pascua Lama – binational gold and silver mine in San Juan, Argentina and Atacama, Chile (in project)
- Radomiro Tomic – copper mine`
Colombia[edit]
- Cerrejón – coal mine in Guajira Department
Egypt[edit]
Germany[edit]
- Tagebau Garzweiler – lignite mine
- Tagebau Hambach – lignite mine
- Tagebau Inden – lignite mine
India[edit]
- Hutti – gold mine in Raichur District of Karnataka
- Neyveli Lignite – largest open cast mines in India[3]
Rampura Agucha Mines, Zinc mine in Rajasthan
Indonesia[edit]
- Batu Hijau mine – copper and gold mine on the island of Sumbawa
- Grasberg mine – largest gold and second largest copper mine in the world in Papua province
Iran[edit]
- Gol Gohar mine – the largest iron mine in Iran[4]
- Sarcheshme Copper Mine – copper mine with side production of gold and molybdenum
Kyrgyzstan[edit]
- Kumtor Gold Mine – gold mine in Tian Shan Mountains at 4,000-4,400 m (14,000 ft) above sea level
Mongolia[edit]
- Boroo Gold Mine – gold mine 110 km (70 mi) WNW of the capital Ulan Bator
Namibia[edit]
- Rossing – uranium mine
New Zealand[edit]
- Macraes Mine – gold mine in Central Otago
- Martha Mine – gold mine in Waihi
Papua New Guinea[edit]
- Panguna mine – copper mine in Bougainville Province
Peru[edit]
- Toquepala – porphyry copper.
- Yanacocha – gold mine
- Antamina Mine – Polymetallic mine (Copper, Zinc)
Poland[edit]
- Adamów Coal Mine – coal mine (lignite)
- Bełchatów Coal Mine – coal mine (lignite)
- Konin Coal Mine – coal mine (lignite)
- Turów Coal Mine – coal mine (lignite)
Portugal[edit]
- Sao Domingos Mine – copper mine
Romania[edit]
- Berbeşti Coal Mine – coal mine
- Motru Coal Mine – coal mine
- Roșia Poieni copper mine
- Rovinari Coal Mine – coal mine
Russia[edit]
- Mirny Mine – diamond mine in Mirny, Eastern Siberia
- Udachnaya pipe – diamond mine in Yakutia, Russia
South Africa[edit]
- 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[edit]
- RB Kolubara – coal mine (lignite)
- Kostolac coal mine – coal mine (lignite)
- Bor mine – copper and gold
- Majdanpek mine – copper and gold
Spain[edit]
- Corta Atalaya – the largest open-pit mine in Europe[6] and was at one time the largest in the world.
- Sierra Menera – Sistema Ibérico
Sweden[edit]
- Aitik-gruvan in Gällivare – copper mine with side production of gold and molybdenum
United Kingdom[edit]
- Ffos-y-fran Land Reclamation Scheme – coal mine in Wales
- Penrhyn Quarry – slate quarry in Wales
- Halton Lea Gate near Lambley, Northumberland – coal mine (given planning approval 2014)
United States[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Mining – Extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth
- Open-pit mining – Surface mining technique
References[edit]
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- ^ "Red Chris | Newcrest". www.newcrest.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ "Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited". Archived from the original on 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Assari, Amin (2019). "Defining hydrogeology of the Gohar-Zamin open pit mine, Iran: a case study in a hard-rock aquifer". Hydrogeology Journal. 27: 1479–95. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Accommodation Phalaborwa. Bed and Breakfast Phalaborwa.Guesthouse Accommodation.Uncle Tom's". Archived from the original on 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ^ (in Spanish) Emed Mining gestiona reapertura al turismo de Corta Atalaya en mina Riotinto, Eleconomista.es, 2007-12-09. Accessed online 2010-01-06.
- ^ "Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine (National Historic Landmark)". Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Robinson". Kghm.com. 28 October 2014.
- ^ "Second Largest Open Cast Mine". Times of Zambia. Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2009-01-28.