Abstract: Based on an analysis of large quantities of literature, this paper describes briefly the application of hyperspectral technique to mine secondary mineral identification, reversion of heavy metal concentrations, pH prediction and contaminated vegetation detection, and then summarizes the research progress in such aspects as oxidation/hydration level and climate change through hyperspectral information extraction, thus showing widespread application prospect of hyperspectral technique in mine environmental survey. Some conclusions have been reached:the establishment of standard spectral database of Fe-bearing sulfide and its oxidized products is greatly helpful to hyperspectral research on acid mine environment, the understanding of geological process in mine environment and their spectral response helps to develop hyperspectral geological application model, and the hyperspectral data contain rich information about mine environment and has significant potential of extracting many kinds of information. According to the practice of developing hyperspectral satellite in developed countries such as countries in Europe and America, the authors point out that future hyperspectral research on mine environment will tend to experience the conversion from physical/chemical identification of minerals and their components to the physical/chemical property inversion during the formation of the minerals, from short term investigation to long term investigation, from aeroplane to hyperspectral sensor aboard on spaceship, and from single mines to large ore concentration areas.