Exploitation of the mineral deposit is considered as a system, consisted of four elements: "development of the deposit take", "stripping of the deposit", "minerals mining" and "utilization of a goaf and production waste". "Minerals mining" is the major, defining element of the "the mineral deposit exploitation" system, because it pursues the final object of production, obtaining the necessaty output of the required quantity and quality. All the other elements, interacting with the mentioned one, serve it. In turn, "minerals mining" may be considered as the system independent of the following lower level, consisted of three elements: developing, stripping (cutting) and excavating (cleansing) workings. Taking account of their interconnections, the definition of mineral opencast mining system and its classification is given.
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