open-pit copper mine

C7689
concept

An open-pit copper mine is a large-scale surface excavation where overburden and rock are removed in benches to access and extract copper-bearing ore using heavy machinery.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
open-pit mine 32
open-pit copper mine canonical 7
mining operation 6

Instances (44)

Instance Via concept surface
Panguna mine open-pit mine
Round Mountain Gold Mine open-pit mine
Chuquicamata mine
Los Pelambres mine open-pit mine
Escondida open-pit mine
La Escondida copper mine open-pit mine
Radomiro Tomic open-pit mine
El Abra open-pit mine
Geita Gold Mine open-pit mine
Super Pit open-pit mine
Super Pit gold mine open-pit mine
Carol Lake iron ore mine open-pit mine
the Big Hole
surface form: Big Hole
open-pit mine
Haile Gold Mine open-pit mine
Los Pelambres area
surface form: Los Pelambres mine
Oquirrh Mountains
surface form: Bingham Canyon Mine
Santa Rita, New Mexico, United States
surface form: Chino Mine
Ok Tedi Mine open-pit mine
Victor Diamond Mine open-pit mine
Petsamo nickel mines mining operation
Grasberg mine open-pit mine
Kimberley
surface form: Big Hole
open-pit mine
Pipeline Mine open-pit mine
Cullinan mine open-pit mine
Salvador mine mining operation
Radomiro Tomic mine open-pit mine
Ministro Hales mine open-pit mine
Antucoya mine open-pit mine
Zaldívar mine open-pit mine
Anaconda Copper Mine (near Yerington)
Berkeley Pit
United Verde Mine open-pit mine
Aitik mine
Bingham Canyon Mine open-pit mine
Dome Mine open-pit mine
Minera Escondida open-pit mine
Minntac Mine open-pit mine
Monywa copper mine open-pit mine
Freda Rebecca Gold Mine mining operation
Trojan Nickel Mine mining operation
Mount Tom Price mine open-pit mine
Carol Lake Mine open-pit mine
Lihir Gold Mine open-pit mine
El Teniente mine mining operation