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
 * 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

 * 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
 * Pine Point Mine – lead and zinc mine in Northwest Territories
 * Red Chris Mine - Copper/Gold Mine 80km South of Dease Lake, British Columbia
 * Sherman Mine – abandoned iron mine in Temagami, Ontario
 * Canadian Malartic Gold mine (Largest in 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`

Colombia

 * Cerrejón – coal mine in Guajira Department

Egypt

 * Sukari – gold mine

Germany

 * Tagebau Garzweiler – lignite mine
 * Tagebau Hambach – lignite mine
 * Tagebau Inden – lignite mine

India
Rampura Agucha Mines, Zinc mine in Rajasthan
 * Hutti – gold mine in Raichur District of Karnataka
 * Neyveli Lignite – largest open cast mines in India

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
 * 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
 * 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

 * 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.
 * 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 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

 * 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
 * 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
 * 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, covering nearly 30 km2 and up to 400m deep.
 * Area j open cast mine, kitwe, copper ores.