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This lists of mines in India is subsidiary to the list of mines article, and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marbles and other quarries may be included in this list. In India, the underground mine to surface mine ratio is 20:80 [citation needed].
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
Geological Survey of India took systematic geological exploration at this deposit during 1969. Mining lease of the ore was granted to Hindustan Copper Limited in 1973. With advancement of time this project was enhanced with viable operational developments. It is the largest open cast mining in Asia. [citation needed]
Eureka City is an abandoned mining town in Mpumalanga. It is now a historical site. Diepgezet is an abandoned asbestos mining town in Mpumalanga. It was transferred to tribal land and renamed to Msauli. Leydsdorp is an abandoned mining town near Tzaneen in Limpopo province. [11] Millwood is an abandoned mining town near Knysna. [12]
Mangar Bani along with neighbouring villages of Gwal Pahari, Baliawas and Bandhwari, which lies near the forested parts of Southern Delhi Ridge of Aravalli range, is an ecologically sensitive under threat biodiversity area dotted with disused mining pits.
Illegal mining leads to roof falling, water flooding, poisonous gas leaking, leading to the death of many labourers. As per the Ministry of Coal, Government of India, there are 203 illegal mining sites in ECL spread over Satgram, Sripur, Salanpur, Sodepur, Kunstoria, Pandveshwar, Mugma, Santhal Parganas Mines and Rajmahal. [10]
Highwall mining has been introduced here. Normal open cast methods cannot be used as it is uneconomical to develop the coal seam by such methods in a small, confined area. By using this successful technology for the first time in India, the abandoned Sharda opencast mine has been a landmark in the Indian mining industry. [6]
The Champion Reefs mine shaft at KGF. The Kolar Gold Fields (KGF), located in the Kolar district of the state of Karnataka, India, are a set of defunct gold mines known for the neutrino particle experiments and unusual observations that took place there starting in 1960. [1] The experiments ended with the closing of the mine in 1992. [2]