Back to the resource library Photos of open pit mines February 10, 2005 Bingham Canyon mine, Utah — the largest open pit mine in North America. Credit: Earthworks Barrick Goldstrike mine, Nevada — in the Carlin trend. Credit: Earthworks Construction of a cyanide heap leach pad at the Crowfoot/Hycroft mine in Nevada. Credit: Earthworks See All Related Resources Civil Society Letter to Industry CEOs on the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative Impacts of Lithium Mining to the Santa Rosa Lagoon Lacustrine System, Salar de Maricunga Minimizing Mining Impacts on the Road to Zero Emissions Transport CERTIFIED GASLIGHTING: Fact Sheet