This list of deepest mines includes operational and non-operational mines that are at least , which is the depth of
Veryovkina Cave
Veryovkina Cave (also spelled Verëvkina Cave, , ) is a cave in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. At 2,212 meters (7,257 ft) deep, it is the deepest-known cave on Earth. Its entrance is 2,285 metres (7,497 ft) above sea level. The entrance ...
, the deepest known natural cave in the world. The depth measurements in this list represent the difference in elevation from the entrance of the mine to the deepest excavated point.
The definition of for this list is an artificially made excavation for the purpose of extracting resources, that can potentially be accessed by humans.
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List of deepest caves
This list of deepest caves includes the deepest known natural caves according to maximum surveyed depth . The depth value is measured from the highest to the lowest accessible cave point.
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*List of caves
*List of deepest mines
* List o ...
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List of longest tunnels
This list of longest tunnels ranks tunnels that are at least long. Only continuous tunnels are included. Pipelines, even those that are buried, are excluded. The longest tunnels have been constructed for water distribution, followed by tunnels ...
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List of largest mining companies by revenue
This is a list of the largest mining companies in terms of revenue (in US billion dollars) as ranked by Statista in 2019.
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*List of largest coal mining companies
*List of largest manufacturing companies by revenue
*List of public corpor ...
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List of mines
This lists of mines is a meta-list (list of lists) containing links to mine-related lists.
By production
* List of coal mines
** List of coal mines in Australia
*** List of collieries in Newcastle (Australia)
***List of coal mines in Queensland
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List of mines in South Africa
This list of mines in South Africa is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may b ...
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List of mining companies
This is an incomplete alphabetical list of mining companies.
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* Adex Mining
* Aditya Birla Group
* African Rainbow Minerals
* Agnico Eagle
* Aiteo
* Alumina
* Anaconda Copper
* Anglo American (mining)
* Anglo Platinum
* AngloGold Ashanti
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Extreme points of Earth
This article lists extreme locations on Earth that hold geographical records or are otherwise known for their geophysical or meteorological superlatives. All of these locations are Earth-wide extremes; extremes of individual continents or coun ...
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Kola Superdeep Borehole
The Kola Superdeep Borehole (russian: Кольская сверхглубокая скважина, translit=Kol'skaya sverkhglubokaya skvazhina) SG-3
is the result of a scientific drilling project of the Soviet Union in the Pechengsky District ...
References
External links
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