List of open-pit mines

This is a list of open-pit mines.

Super Pit gold mine.

Argentina

Australia

Botswana

Bulgaria

Canada

East Pit of Sherman Mine in Temagami, Ontario, Canada

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

Egypt

Germany

India

Rampura Agucha Mines, Zinc mine in Rajasthan

Indonesia

Iran

Kyrgyzstan

Mongolia

Namibia

  • Rossing uranium mine
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.[2]
  • Voorspoed diamond mine

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

United States

The Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Arizona

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.
  • Area j open cast mine, kitwe, copper ores.

References

  1. http://www.nlcindia.com
  2. http://www.uncletoms.co.za/
  3. (in Spanish) Emed Mining gestiona reapertura al turismo de Corta Atalaya en mina Riotinto, eleconomista.es, 2007-12-09. Accessed online 2010-01-06.
  4. "Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine (National Historic Landmark)". Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  5. "Second Largest Open Cast Mine". Times of Zambia. Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
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