List of open-pit mines

This is a list of open-pit mines.

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

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
- 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

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 Mine - among the largest gold mines of Canada

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

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

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
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 above sea level

Mongolia

Boroo Gold Mine - gold mine 110 km 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

Poland

Adamów Coal Mine - coal mine
Bełchatów Coal Mine - coal mine
Konin Coal Mine - coal mine
Turów Coal Mine - coal mine

Portugal

Sao Domingos Mine - copper mine

Romania

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 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 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
Kostolac coal mine - coal mine
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

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.