Top ten deepest mines in the world

The list of the deepest mines in the world is dominated by South African gold mines with a whooping 6 mines on the list. Of the six South African mines top four are from the Southern neighbor.

If the list was to be of the top ten deepest operating mines then another South African mine South Deep mine with a depth of 2.99 km would also make that list.

See the list of the deepest mines in the world below:

Rank	Name of mine	Depth	Location	Primary resource	Active / closed
1	Mponeng Gold Mine	4.0 km	South Africa	Gold	Active
2	TauTona Mine	3.9 km	South Africa	Gold	Active
3	Savuka Gold Mine	3.7 km	South Africa	Gold	Active
4	Driefontein, Gauteng	3.4 km	South Africa	Gold	Active
5	Empire Mine	3.355 km	United States	Gold	Closed 1956
6	Kusasalethu mine	3.28 km	South Africa	Gold	Active
7	Kolar Gold Fields	3.2 km	India	Gold	Closed 2001
8	Laronde Mine	3.2 km	Canada	Gold, copper, silver, zinc	Active
9	Moab Khotsong mine	3.05 km	South Africa	Gold	Active
10	Morro Velho	3.0 km	Brazil	Gold	Active