Abstract: The development of green mining culture is an objective necessity and has a specific historical and cultural origin.Among them, the sustainable development concept of Marxism is the theoretical basis of green mining culture, the traditional ecological culture of China is the cultural core of green mining culture, and the scientific judgment of “two mountains” is the theoretical core of green mining culture.The three together constitute the theoretical source of green mining culture.Green mining culture refers to the human adhere to the concept of green development, in the exploration, mining and dressing, processing, mine land ecological environment restoration of mining industry development, and reaction generated in practice in the mining development practice of art, knowledge and ideas and adapt to the social organization, system, behavior, and thus make the sum total of material wealth and spiritual wealth.The proposal of green mining culture is of great practical significance, which is not only conducive to the construction of ecological civilization and the building of a well-off society, but also conducive to the smooth “going out” of Chinese mining enterprises.The practice of green mining culture is a long-term process, and it is also a process of participation of multiple subjects.It is necessary to construct the system norms and behavior norms of green mining culture and strengthen the publicity of green mining culture according to the concept of “government leading, enterprise main body, association supporting and community participation”.