Leading Copper-Producing Mines In The United States In 2005, In Order Of Output

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LEADING COPPER-PRODUCING MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2005, IN ORDER OF OUTPUT¹

					Capacity
					(thousand
Rank	Mine	County and State	Operator	Source of copper	metric tons)
1	Morenci	Greenlee, AZ	Phelps Dodge Corp.	Copper ore, leached	390
2	Bingham Canyon	Salt Lake, UT	Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.	Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated	300
3	Ray	Pinal, AZ	ASARCO Incorporated	Copper ore, concentrated and leached	170
4	Bagdad	Yavapai, AZ	Phelps Dodge Corp.	Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated and leached	100
5	Chino	Grant, NM	do.	do.	125
6	Sierrita	Pima, AZ	do.	do.	100
7	Tyrone	Grant, NM	do.	Copper ore, leached	80
8	Continental Pit	Silver Bow, MT	Montana Resources	Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated	45
9	Mission Complex	Pima, AZ	ASARCO Incorporated	Copper ore, concentrated�	70
10	Silver Bell	do.	do.	Copper ore, leached	22
11	Robinson�	White Pine, NV	Quadra Mining Ltd.	Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated	60
12	Miami�	Gila, AZ	Phelps Dodge Corp.	Copper ore, leached	50
13	Pinto Valley	do.	BHP Copper Co.	�� do.	5
14	Miami�	do.	do.	do.	5
¹The mines on this list accounted for more than 99% of U.S. mine production in 2005.