# 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

* 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 (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 km$^2$ and up to 400m deep.
* Area j open cast mine, kitwe, copper ores.