To manage and guide mines to solve problems in the stages of exploration, preparation, exploitation, we need a complete and accurate map of mines. Mineral mapping is a special field of mapping that deals with the measurement, presentation and management of information related to a mining operation. The role of mine surveyors in a mining site is to limit, measure and maintain all the work related to open pit and underground mining operations. During this operation:

• Mapping of surface and subsurface mining environments, tunnel and subway sites, and underground reservoirs is done in order to control the direction and development of mining.
• Using latitude and longitude, the exact location of the mine is determined.
• Mapping techniques and other electronic mapping equipment, light emitting systems or plumb bobs are used to transfer surface survey positions and alignments to subsurface areas.
• The data required to manage and correlate underground inputs are calculated in order to control and develop mining operations.
• The volume of minerals is calculated using mapping information.
• The volume of material in the ramps, residual columns and veins and the amount of overburden intended for removal is collected and calculated.
• Draft plans of mining operations are saved.