Based on the 2019 satellite remote sensing data, the survey was conducted on the open-pit stopes of the building sand mines in Shigatse, Tibet, and the relationship between the number of stopes and the area, population and population density of the district/county, as well as the distribution characteristics between the main built-up areas, administrative villages and traffic roads at the county level were analyzed. This study tentatively links the open pit of building sand mine with human aggregation and human activity space, analyzes the possible correlation, distribution rules and change characteristics between it and the typical elements of social economy, and provides a research basis for improving the efficiency of mining administration in western China.