Super Pit gold mine - Wikipedia Super Pit gold mine This article is about the Australian gold mine. For the basketball arena also known as the Super Pit, see UNT Coliseum. Super Pit Super Pit gold mine, c. 2005 Location Super Pit Gold Mine Location in Australia Location Kalgoorlie State Western Australia Country Australia Coordinates 30 ° 46 ′ 29 '' S 121 ° 30 ′ 34 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 30.77472 ° S 121.50944 ° E ﻿ / - 30.77472 ; 121.50944 Coordinates : 30 ° 46 ′ 29 '' S 121 ° 30 ′ 34 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 30.77472 ° S 121.50944 ° E ﻿ / - 30.77472 ; 121.50944 Production Production 690,000 Financial year 2009 History Opened 1893 Owner Company Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Website superpit.com.au Year of acquisition 1989 ( 1989 ) The Fimiston Open Pit, colloquially known as the Super Pit, was Australia 's largest open cut gold mine until 2016 when it was surpassed by the Newmont Boddington gold mine also in Western Australia. The Super Pit is located off the Goldfields Highway on the south - east edge of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The pit is oblong in plan view and is approximately 3.5 kilometres long, 1.5 kilometres wide and over 600 meters deep. At these dimensions, it is large enough to be seen from space. The Super Pit is owned by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd, a company owned 50 : 50 by Barrick Gold Corporation and Newmont Mining Corporation. The mine produces 850,000 ounces ( 28 tonnes ) of gold per year, and employs around 550 employees directly on site. Contents 1 Earlier stages 2 Geology 3 Production 3.1 Figures 4 References 5 External links Earlier stages Originally consisting of a number of small underground mines, consolidation into a single open pit mine was attempted by Alan Bond, but he was unable to complete the takeover. The Super Pit was eventually created in 1989 by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd. Barrick Gold acquired its share of the mine in December 2001, when it took over Homestake Mining Company. Newmont became part - owner of the mine three months later, when it acquired Normandy Mining in February 2002. Geology Most of the good gold mined in the Super Pit occurs within ore lodes formed by ancient shears in a rock unit called the Golden Mile Dolerite. The gold mining area of Kalgoorlie - Boulder - Fimiston has long been called the Golden Mile because of the geographical concentration of rich mines in that area, even though the lodes occur in an area over 2 km in width and 1 km in depth. It also mines nickel. Production Mining is via conventional drill and blast mining via face shovels and dump trucks. Around 15 million tonnes of rock is moved in any given year, consisting primarily of waste rock. Gold within the Golden Mile lode system is unusual in that it is present as telluride minerals within pyrite. In order to recover the gold, the ore must be crushed, passed through a gravity circuit to recover the free gold present in some of the higher - grade lodes, and then subjected to flotation to produce an auriferous pyrite concentrate. This is then roasted at a small smelter outside Kalgoorlie - Boulder to liberate the gold from the tellurides, with doré bars poured. Gold mines in the Kalgoorlie region Figures Past production figures were : Year Production Grade Cost per ounce 1998 - 99 718,554 ounces 2.37 g / t US $236 2000 715,164 ounces 2.27 g / t A $ 325 616,344 ounces 2.14 g / t A $397 2002 720,050 ounces 1.73 g / t A $222 2003 2005 2006 2007 628,000 ounces 1.53 g / t 2008 612,000 ounces 1.56 g / t 2009 690,000 ounces US $609 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Super Pit Gold Mine. References Jump up ^ Perth Now : `` Super Pit ' Scars ' Earth '' Jump up ^ Treadgold, Tim. ( 1995 ) History of the pit 's development from 1989 to 1995 Australia 's mining monthly, May 1995, p. 31, 33 - 36, Jump up ^ MINEDEX website Archived 2008 - 09 - 11 at the Wayback Machine. Golden Mile / KCGM search result, accessed : 26 January 2010 Jump up ^ The Australian Mines Handbook - 2003 - 04 Edition page : 127 Jump up ^ Normandy Mining Ltd - 1999 Mine - by - Mine Operating Results Archived 2003 - 08 - 29 at the Wayback Machine. accessed : 14 February 2010 External links Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Active gold mines in Western Australia Goldfields - Esperance Agnew BrightStar Burbanks Carosue Dam Coolgardie Daisy Milano Darlot - Centenary Frog 's Leg Granny Smith Gwalia Higginsville Kalgoorlie Super Pit Kanowna Belle Laverton Lawlers Mount Morgans Norseman Paddington Randalls South Kalgoorlie St Ives Sunrise Dam Wattle Dam White Foil Kimberley Coyote Mid West Bronzewing Golden Grove Jundee Plutonic Sandstone Wiluna Peel Boddington Pilbara Paulsens Telfer Wheatbelt Edna May Marvel Loch Related articles : Gold mining in Western Australia Gold Stealing Detection Unit Diggers & Dealers Barrick Gold Corporation Corporate Management Chairman John L. Thornton Co-Presidents Kelvin Dushnisky, James ( Jim ) Gowans Directors William Birchall Gustavo Cisneros Michael Evans Ned Goodman Brian Greenspun J. Brett Harvey Nancy Lockhart Dambisa Moyo Anthony Munk David Naylor Steven Shapiro John L. 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Question: where is the largest open-cut gold mine in australia
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