Abstract: Geographic information system （GIS） has plenty of functions，such as acquisition，management，analysis and output of a variety of geographic spatial information and so on.As a comprehensive discipline combined of geography，cartography，remote sensing technology and computer science，it has been widely applied and researched in recent years.Combing with the latest research results in this field，the application status of GIS in mining system have been analyzed from the aspects of mine geological prospection and evaluation，mining machinery and personnel position，mining ventilation network simulation，mine slope disaster monitoring and early-warning，mine environment monitoring and mine reclamation and others.Based on this，the directions of GIS in mining system with representative of 3D/4D GIS are prospected from the aspects of constructing large-scale mining GIS spatial database and cloud GIS，integrating with GIS，RS，GPS in mining environmental monitoring and stability process，and constructing interoperable GIS,combination with the spatial visualization and virtual reality technology in the process of mining production management so as to provide some reference for construction of digital mine.

Key words: GIS, Mine system, Research status, Prospect