Mining and Quarry Landscapes

Dramatic aerial views of mining operations and quarries, highlighting raw earth excavation, soil piles, and industrial activity in various terrains.

NA, USA, Arizona, Bisbee Old Lavender Pit Copper Mine

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement staff working at site of abandoned coal mine, the Horse Creek Mine, near Pinckneyville, Illinois

A vast marble quarry with intricate patterns from excavation activities seen from above.

NA, USA, Arizona, Bisbee Old Lavender Pit Copper Mine

Soil overburden being removed to get at the tar sands below, in a mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

Schleben opencast mine

Spoil heaps from extracted brown coal, lignite at open-pit mine, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Overview of Coal mine in Jharkhand, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

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Lapilli quarry, Fiora Valley, Lazio, Italia.

Lignite overburden, lignite opencast mine, Vereinigtes Schleenhain, Saxony, Germany

Digger driving in quarry, Spain

Huge machinery working the Chuquicamata open pit copper mine, the worlds largest by volume, Chile.

Bottom of open pit mine

Quarry near Strahlungen district of Bad Neustadt, Rhön-Grabfeld district, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Argyle Diamond Mine, East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia - aerial

Chile, Calama, Chuquicamata, Chuquicamata Mine, world's deepest copper mine, elevated view.

A lone dump truck drives uphill in shadow as sun sets above bare earth

Schleben opencast mine

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement staff working at site of abandoned coal mine, the Horse Creek Mine, near Pinckneyville, Illinois

Sand quarry in Altai. Extraction of sand for road works on the ancient terrace of the Katun River Sand quarry in Altai. Extraction of sand for road works on the ancient terrace of the Katun River. Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergxZastavkinxSergeyxPristyazhnyukx 21514723

The Tehri Dam under construction, India.

La Union, Abandoned Silver Mines, Murcia, Spain

Colorful construction sand mound quarry variety sands

Canada Tips WW2 opencast workings mining coal and iron ore part of Blaenavon World Heritage Site in South Wales UK

Workers in quarry, near Kisoro, Uganda, Africa

Aerial view of the stark, stepped terraces of the Erzberg mine reveal a landscape sculpted by industry, a symphony of earth tones against the sky, Erzberg, Styria, Austria.

France, Larchant, aerial view of sand quarry.

A860423 U12T PORTAL COMPOUND LOCKWOOD, GRANT J APR 3 86 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/3/1986 COMPOUND; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; LOCKWOOD, GRANT J; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PORTAL COMPOUND; PORTALS; TEST SITES; TESTING; TUNNELS; U12T; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VEHICLES; WEAPON EFFECTS; WEAPONS RELATED; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY; U12T - PORTAL COMPOUND historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

USA, Texas, aerial view of sand mine near San Antonio with a grader moving sand

Chuquicamata, The Largest Open Pit Copper Mine In The World, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement staff working at site of abandoned coal mine, the Horse Creek Mine, near Pinckneyville, Illinois

excavator working at gravel mine in Thailand

Sandstorm In Chuquicamata, The Largest Open Copper Mine In The World, Antofagasta Region, Chile

colorful construction sand mound quarry variety sands

Excavation pit with base

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement staff working at site of abandoned coal mine, the Horse Creek Mine, near Pinckneyville, Illinois

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement staff working at site of abandoned coal mine, the Horse Creek Mine, near Pinckneyville, Illinois

making tunnel at wang dam site, karad, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

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Utah Copper Company open-pit mine workings at Carr Fork, at Bingham Canyon, Utah. 1942 photo by Andreas Feininger.

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement staff working at site of abandoned coal mine, the Horse Creek Mine, near Pinckneyville, Illinois

Braunkohletagebau Hambach Braunkohletagebau Hambach LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/hansennx 23172109

quarry with a stack of rocks

Canada Tips WW2 opencast workings mining coal and iron ore part of Blaenavon World Heritage Site in South Wales UK

Welzow-Sued opencast lignite mine of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG (LEAG), overburden, Welzow, Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Gravel piles used for construction and road maintenance

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement staff working at site of abandoned coal mine, the Horse Creek Mine, near Pinckneyville, Illinois

Aerial view of MTR coal mining

quarry sand, soil disturbance by extraction of minerals quarry sand, soil disturbance by extraction of minerals Copyright: xZoonar.com/nadyzima_klgdx 13621162

LADAKH, INDIA, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011: Excavator cleaning road after landslide in Himalayas. Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Gravel crusher and separator

Large sand pits in operation in West Germany Large sand pits in operation in West Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/UlrichxRosenschildx 22053428

Celestine Mine, Escuzar, Granada province, Region of Andalusia, Spain, Europe.

Der Suezkanal: Schnellster Seeweg zwischen Asien und Europa. Hinter Sandbergen befährt ein Containerschiff den Suez-Kanal bei Ismailia Ägypten. Der 164 km lange Kanal hat im südlichen Teil zwei Fahrrinnen. Er gehört zu den weltweit wichtigsten Wasserstraßen. Suez Ägypten *** The Suez Canal Fastest sea route between Asia and Europe Behind mountains of sand, a container ship navigates the Suez Canal near Ismailia Egypt The 164 km long canal has two navigation channels in the southern section It is one of the worlds most important waterways Suez Egypt

Marble mines above town of Carrara, Tuscany, Italy

An empty mine haul truck heading to the bottom of the Super Pit in Kalgoorlie, WA.

Sand heaps and excavator tracks in the basalt quarry, observation tower ruin, Kloech, Styria, Austria, Europe

Open pit copper mine, considered the safest, Phelps Dodge Morenci mine, Morenci mining district, southern Arizona

Aerial perspective capturing the motion of a mining truck traversing the soil, Australia.

old mine hole in alentejo, the south of portugal

The Blue Mine disused copper mine. Springbok. Northern Cape. South Africa. It was the original copper mine and the first commercial mine of any type in South Africa.

Cutting the rocks for making tunnel, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Macraes open pit gold mine, Macraes Flat, near Palmerston, East Otago, South Island, New Zealand

Conveyor belt at an old gravel quarry. Mining and quarrying equipment

USA, Texas, aerial view of sand mine near San Antonio with a grader moving sand

Big pile of construction sand on the background sky construction concept

CORTE TERRENO CON VETAS. Location: EXTERIOR. PROVINCIA. Orense. SPAIN.

Mining Dumper unloading from aerial view

Macraes open pit gold mine, Macraes Flat, near Palmerston, East Otago, South Island, New Zealand

Aerial - Opal mining, aerial Coober Pedy. South Australia.

The 'Silver Spade' Shovel, Owned by the Hanna Coal Company at Work near Cadiz, Ohio. 07/1974

Large piles of waste rock material, Highland Valley copper mine, Logan Lake, British Columbia

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement staff working at site of abandoned coal mine, the Horse Creek Mine, near Pinckneyville, Illinois

Maras Salt Mines, Salinas Near Tarabamba In Peru

Maj. Gen. William Butch Graham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Chief of Engineers and Deputy Commanding General / Deputy Commanding General for Civil Works and Emergency Operations visits the Temporary Debris Storage Site in Olowalu, Hawaii, Jan. 10. USACE is managing the debris removal program in support of County of Maui, the state of Hawaii and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Open cut opal mine in rural Australia

Shimiankuang open pit asbestos mine near Yitunbulake in the Taklamakan Desert, Qinghai, Tsinghai, China, Asia

Oil can on sand mines Barrel on the sand mines Copyright: xZoonar.com/szefeix 12236176

Peat cutting, peat sods stacked to dry, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Tannery in Marrakech, Morocco Africa Tannery in Marrakech, Morocco north east Africa Copyright: xZoonar.com/albertoxgiacomazzix 13295936

Man mining sulphur at Kawah Ijen Volcano

Aerial view of excavator in quarry in Monda, Andalusia, Spain.

Italy, Tuscany, Apuan Alps, quarry of Carrara marble

Aerial view of a nickel mine in New Caledonia

Worker walking on protruding rebar above excavation work at site of Dam 5 on the Nam Ou River in Phongsaly, Laos

Granite quarry

Mechanical shovel excavator in the marble stone pit of Carrara Tuscany Italy

Wire mesh securing a slope from rockfall or landslide, Costa Blanca, Alicante province, Spain, Europe

Sandsteinbruch Sandsteinbruch

Open-pit mine of potassium under cloudy sky

Sandbags & marker sticks at construction site

Recovery of materials of mines dump in the Moselle

Aerial view, an open cast mine excavator in the Hambach open pit mine, earth fills, Niederzier, Juelich-Zuelpicher Boerde region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

view of an open pit marble quarry showing heavy duty equipment and rock.

Australia, South Australia, Coober Pedy, Overburden of opal mine

Colombia, Industry, Mining Emeralds, Muzo Quipama Emerald Mine Earth Moving Equipment Belonging To The Official Syndicate Excavate The Shales To Reach A Veta - Emerald Vein

Aerial image of tractor tracks in minerals at a refinery

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