it was completely shut down in 2011
the largest is in Siberia at Mirny
A mine in Mirny, Siberia claims online to be the largest, deepest diamond mine, to a depth of more than 500 meters. You can read more about it, and view images, below.
Mirny is a town located in Russia. It is located on the far eastern side of Russia in a republic known as Sakha Republic. Mirny is known for it's very large diamond mine.
The worlds largest diamond mine by surface area is located in Botswana, in Africa: the open cast Orapa diamond mine. Read more about it, in the related links. The world's largest diamond mine in terms of volume is located in Mirnyj, Eastern Siberia, Russia, and is 525 metres deep and 1,200 metres in diameter, while some say that it is 1,200 metres deep.
Chile's Chuquicamata copper mine, followed by the Morenci AZ copper mine (Phelps-Dodge) followed by Kennecott Copper's Bingham Canyon mine outside Salt Lake City. Then Diamond mines in Russia and South Africa, and the Austrailian Fimiston Open Pit mine (gold mine) known as Super Pit. \ However- those are all made made. Natural featrues, such as the Grand Canyon, may be much larger- IF you count those as "holes in the earth". PS- The Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakato was an underground mine roughly 8,500 ft deep when it closed. The Lucky Friday Silver mine in Idaho is over 5000 ft deep.
1 Kimberley Big Hole, South Africa 2 Glory Hole ? Monticello Dam, California 3 Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah 4 Great Blue Hole, Belize 5 Mirny Diamond Mine, Serbia 6 Diavik Mine, Canada 7 Sinkhole in Guatamela See related link for more information and pictures.
The Diamond Mine was created in 2005.
You can mine diamonds in the Arkansas Diamond Mine, in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, as below.
The largest diamond mine in area is in Botswana, in Africa: The Orapa diamond mine. Read more about it, below.
Ekati Diamond Mine was created in 1998.
You can use an iron, gold, or pre-existing diamond pickaxe to mine diamond ore or diamond blocks
There are no animals in the Diamond Mine -- they are on the Safari. (You have to do it first to get the hardhat to enter the Diamond Mine.)(see the related question below)