There are also commercial deposits being actively mined in the Northwest Territories of Canada and Brazil.
The lower levels, which extend to almost 400 meters below the surface and are no longer being actively mined, are currently being cleaned up.
As of September 2007 it was reported that the mine had not been actively mined since March of that year.
These deposits are also actively mined.
The central region of the state (where the capital is located) has big reserves of iron (and to a lesser extent, gold) still being actively mined.
The area is no longer actively mined although the mining history is exploited for tourism purposes.
The area is rich in copper ore, and has been actively mined by humans since the 6th millennium BCE.
At its peak it employed 2,000 workers; it was actively mined until 1992.
Brown coal and later oil shale was actively mined from 1859.
The creek has some placer gold deposits being actively mined.