List of open-pit mines

This is a list of open-pit mines.

Super Pit gold mine.

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Argentina

Bajo de la Alumbrera

• 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
• 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

• Jwaneng diamond mine
• Orapa diamond mine
• Damtshaa diamond mine
• Letlhakane diamond mine

Bulgaria

• Maritsa Iztok Mines – coal mine near Radnevo, Stara Zagora Province, 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 Mine – among the largest gold mines of Canada

Chile

See also: copper mining in Chile and list of mines in Chile

• Chuquicamata – copper mine
• Collahuasi – copper mine
• El Abra – copper mine
• Escondida – copper mine
• Los Pelambres – copper mine
• Radomiro Tomic – copper mine`

Colombia

• Cerrejón – coal mine in Guajira Department

Egypt

• Sukari – gold mine

Germany

Lignite mine in the background of Lützerath, 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 ^[3]

Rampura Agucha Mines, Zinc mine in Rajasthan

Indonesia

• 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

• Gol Gohar mine – the largest iron mine in Iran ^[4]
• 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

Open Cast Mine, Uncovered Coal Seam, Kai Point Coal Mine, New Zealand

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

Main article: List of mines in Peru

• Toquepala – porphyry copper.
• Yanacocha – gold mine
• Antamina Mine – Polymetallic mine (Copper, Zinc)

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

The Udachnaya pipe in Russia.

Abandoned baryte mine shaft in Perthshire, Scotland; an example of small scale open pit mining

• 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. ^[5]
• Voorspoed diamond mine

Serbia

• RB Kolubara – coal mine (lignite)
• Kostolac coal mine – coal mine (lignite)
• Bor mine – copper and gold
• Majdanpek mine – copper and gold

Spain

• 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

• 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
• Halton Lea Gate near Lambley, Northumberland – coal mine (given planning approval 2014)

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

1. "Centerra Gold". www.centerragold.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
2. "Red Chris | Newcrest". www.newcrest.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
3. "Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited". Archived from the original on 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
4. 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.
5. "Accommodation Phalaborwa. Bed and Breakfast Phalaborwa.Guesthouse Accommodation.Uncle Tom's". Archived from the original on 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
6. (in Spanish) Emed Mining gestiona reapertura al turismo de Corta Atalaya en mina Riotinto, Eleconomista.es, 2007-12-09. Accessed online 2010-01-06.
7. "Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine (National Historic Landmark)". Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
8. "Robinson". Kghm.com. 28 October 2014.
9. "Second Largest Open Cast Mine". Times of Zambia. Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2009-01-28.