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LEADING GOLD-PRODUCING MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2010, IN ORDER OF OUTPUT1
                Quantity
Rank   Mine   County and State   Majority owner   (kilograms)
1   Goldstrike2   Elko and Eureka, NV   Barrick Gold Corp. 36,300
2   Cortez3   Lander, NV   do.   35,500
3   Eastern Nevada Operations4   Eureka, NV   Newmont Mining Corp.   29,100
4   Bingham Canyon5   Salt Lake, UT   Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.6   14,500
5   Twin Creeks   Humboldt, NV   Newmont Mining Corp.   14,100
6   Pogo   Southeast Fairbanks, AK   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.   11,900
7   Smoky Valley Common Operation   Nye, NV   Kinross Gold Corp.   11,200
8   Fort Knox   Fairbanks North Star, AK   do.   10,900
9   Cresson   Teller, CO   AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.   7,250
10   Phoenix   Lander, NV   Newmont Mining Corp.   6,660
11   Kettle River-Buckhorn   Okanogan, WA   Kinross Gold Corp.   6,180
12   Mesquite   Imperial, CA   New Gold Inc.   5,260
13   Turquoise Ridge   Humboldt, NV   Barrick Gold Corp.   5,140
14   Marigold-   - do.   Goldcorp Inc.   4,250
15   Midas   Elko, NV   Newmont Mining Corp. 3,960
16   Hollister   - do.   Great Basin Gold Ltd.   3,270
17   Hycroft-   Humboldt and Pershing, NV   Allied Nevada Gold Corp.   3,190
18   Ruby Hill   Eureka, NV   Barrick Gold Corp.   2,530
19   Storm   Elko, NV   do.   2,320
20   Wharf   Lawrence, SD   Wharf Resources (USA) Inc.7   2,280
21   Robinson-   White Pine, NV   Quadra Mining Ltd. 2,270
22   Greens Creek   Juneau, AK   Hecla Mining Co.   2,140
23   Jerritt Canyon   Elko, NV   Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.   2,030
24   Bald Mountain   White Pine, NV   Barrick Gold Corp.   1,800
25   Florida Canyon   Pershing, NV   Jipangu Inc.   1,710
26   Kensington   Juneau, AK   Coeur d-Alene Mines Corp.   1,340
27   Briggs   Inyo, CA   Atna Resources Ltd.   784
28   Denton-Rawhide-   Mineral, NV   Rawhide Acquisition Holdings8   627
29   Rochester   Pershing, NV   Coeur d-Alene Mines Corp.   300
(9)   Mission Complex   Pima, AZ   ASARCO LLC10   NA
do. Ditto. NA Not available.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; the mines on this list accounted for more than 99% of U.S. mine production in 2010.
2Formerly listed as Betze-Post Mine.
3Includes Cortez Hills and Cortez Pipeline Mines.
4Includes Carlin East, Deep Post, Gold Quarry, and Pete Mines.
5Quantity refers to total quantity of gold produced in concentrates.
6Wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc.
7Wholly owned subsidiary of Goldcorp Inc.
8Rawhide Acquisition Holdings purchased 100% interest from Rio Tinto plc. on June 25, 2010.
9Mine is ranked in the top 30 in the United States in 2010; however, public data were not available. The rank order is not shown
to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
10Wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.
Sources: Company annual reports, company 10-K reports submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, company news-
releases, and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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