List of open-pit mines
This is a list of open-pit mines.
Argentina
- 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
- 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
- Hazelwood Mine – brown-coal mine near Morwell, Victoria
- Loy Yang Mine – brown-coal mine near Traralgon, Victoria
- 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
- Yallourn Mine – brown-coal mine near Morwell, Victoria
Botswana
Bulgaria
- Maritsa Iztok Mines – coal mine near Radnevo, Stara Zagora Province, 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.
- Colomac Mine – gold mine in Northwest Territories
- Copperfields Mine, an abandoned base and precious metal mine in Temagami, Ontario
- Diavik Diamond Mine – diamond mine in Northwest Territories
- Ekati Diamond Mine – diamond mine in Northwest Territories
- Endako Mine – a molybdenum mine in the Nechako Region of British Columbia, 72 km W of Vanderhoof, BC
- Gibraltar Mine copper mine near Williams Lake, British Columbia
- Highland Valley Copper – copper mine in British Columbia
- Huckleberry Mine – a copper/molybdenum/gold/silver mine in the Nechako Region of British Columbia, 87 km SSW of Houston, BC
- Kanichee Mine, an abandoned base and precious metal mine in Temagami, Ontario
- Mount Polly copper mine near Quesnel, British Columbia
- Pine Point Mine – lead and zinc mine in Northwest Territories
- Sherman Mine – abandoned iron mine in Temagami, Ontario
- Silver Hope Mine – a silver/gold/copper mine in the Nechako Region of British Columbia, 40 km SE of Houston, British Columbia
Chile
- 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
- Pelambres – copper mine
- El Salvador – copper mine
- Andina – copper mine
- Antucoya – copper mine
- El Soldado – mine
- Los Bronces – copper mine
- Gabriela Mistral – copper mine
- Cerro Negro – copper mine
- Esperanza – copper mine
- Collahuasi – copper mine
Colombia
- Cerrejón – coal mine in Guajira Department
Egypt
Germany
- Tagebau Garzweiler – lignite mine
- Tagebau Hambach – lignite mine
- Tagebau Inden – lignite mine
India
- Hutti – gold mine in Raichur District of Karnataka
- Neyveli Lignite – largest open cast mines in India[1]
Indonesia
- Batu Hijau mine – copper and gold mine on the island of Sumbawa
- Grasberg mine – right in the hole thing of Papua province
Iran
- Sarcheshme Copper Mine – copper mine with side production of gold and molybdenum
Kyrgyzstan
- Kumtor Gold Mine – gold mine in Tian Shan Mountains at 4,000-4,400 m (14,000 ft) above sea level
Mongolia
- Boroo Gold Mine – gold mine 110 km (70 mi) WNW of the capital Ulan Bator
Namibia
- Rossing – uranium mine
New Zealand
- Macraes Mine – gold mine in Central Otago
- Martha Mine – gold mine in Waihi
Papua New Guinea
- Panguna mine – copper mine in Bougainville Province
Peru
- Toquepala – porphyry copper.
- Yanacocha – gold mine
- Cuajone Mine – porphyry copper.
- Antamina Mine – Polymetallic mine (Copper, Zinc)
- Antapacay Mine – copper.
- Cerro Verde Mine – porphyry copper.
- Toromocho Mine – copper and Moly.
Poland
- 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
- Sao Domingos Mine – copper mine
Romania
- Berbeşti Coal Mine – coal mine
- Motru Coal Mine – coal mine
- Roșia Poieni copper mine
- Rovinari Coal Mine – coal mine
Russia
- Mirny Mine – diamond mine in Mirny, Eastern Siberia
- Udachnaya pipe – diamond mine in Yakutia, 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.[2]
- Voorspoed diamond mine
Spain
- Corta Atalaya – the largest open-pit mine in Europe[3] and was at one time the largest in the world.
- Sierra Menera – Sistema Ibérico
- Cerro Colorado – second largest polymetallic sulphides deposit in Europe.
Sweden
- Aitik-gruvan in Gällivare – copper mine with side production of gold and molybdenum
United Kingdom
- Ffos-y-fran Land Reclamation Scheme – coal mine in Wales
- Penrhyn Quarry – slate quarry in Wales
- Minorca – coal mine near Swepstone and Measham Leicestershire
- Halton Lea Gate near Lambley, Northumberland – coal mine (given planning approval 2014)
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
- 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[4]
- 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
- 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
- Thompson Creek mine – molybdenum mine in Custer County, Idaho
Zambia
- Nchanga Open Pit Mine, Chingola – the second largest open cast mine in the world,[5] covering nearly 30 km² and up to 400m deep.
References
- ^ http://www.nlcindia.com
- ^ http://www.uncletoms.co.za/
- ^ (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.
- ^ "Second Largest Open Cast Mine". Times of Zambia. Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2009-01-28.