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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||
| LEADING GOLD-PRODUCING MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2006, IN ORDER OF OUTPUT1 | ||||||||
| Quantity | ||||||||
| Rank | Mine | County and State | Majority owner | (kilograms) | ||||
| 1 | Betze-Post | Eureka, NV | Barrick Gold Corporation | 44,600 | ||||
| 2 | Eastern Nevada Operations2,5 | do. | Newmont Mining Corporation | 40,800 | ||||
| 3 | Smoky Valley Common Operation | Nye, NV | Kinross Gold Corporation | 20,500 | ||||
| 4 | Bingham Canyon3 | Salt Lake, UT | Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. | 16,300 | ||||
| 5 | Meikle | Elko, NV | Barrick Gold Corporation | 14,800 | ||||
| 6 | Cortez | Lander, NV | do. | 12,700 | ||||
| 7 | Lone Tree | Humboldt, NV | Newmont Mining Corporation | 11,100 | ||||
| 8 | Twin Creeks | do. | do. | 11,000 | ||||
| 9 | Fort Knox4 | Fairbanks, AK | Kinross Gold Corporation | 10,400 | ||||
| 10 | Cresson | Teller, CO | Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. | 8,820 | ||||
| 11 | Bald Mountain | White Pine, NV | Barrick Gold Corporation | 8,630 | ||||
| 12 | Turquoise Ridge | Humboldt, NV | do. | 7,510 | ||||
| 13 | Jerritt Canyon | Elko, NV | Queenstake Resources USA Ltd. | 5,280 | ||||
| 14 | Marigold | Humboldt, NV | Goldcorp Inc. | 4,660 | ||||
| 15 | Midas | Elko, NV | Newmont Mining Corporation | 4,380 | ||||
| 16 | Pogo | Northwest Arctic, AK | Teck Cominco Inc. | 3,500 | ||||
| 17 | Golden Sunlight | Jefferson, MT | Barrick Gold Corporation | 3,020 | ||||
| 18 | Robinson | White Pine, NV | Quadra Mining Ltd. | 2,340 | ||||
| 19 | Rochester | Pershing, NV | Coeur d'Alene Corporation | 2,240 | ||||
| 20 | Phoenix | Lander, NV | Newmont Mining Corporation | 2,100 | ||||
| 21 | Greens Creek | Juneau, AK | Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Co. | 1,960 | ||||
| 22 | Wharf | Lawrence, SD | Wharf Resources Inc. | 1,960 | ||||
| 23 | Standard | Pershing, NV | Jipangu Inc. | 1,430 | ||||
| 24 | Mule Canyon | Lander, NV | Newmont Mining Corporation | 956 | ||||
| 25 | Denton-Rawhide | Mineral, NV | Kennecott Minerals Company | 819 | ||||
| 26 | Golden Wonder | Hinsdale, CO | LKA International Inc. | 650 | ||||
| 27 | Florida Canyon | Pershing, NV | Jipangu Inc. | 500 | ||||
| 28 | Barney's Canyon | Salt Lake, UT | Kennecott Minerals Company | 467 | ||||
| 29 | Chino | Grant, NM | Phelps Dodge Corp. | 304 | ||||
| 30 | Montana Tunnels | Jefferson, MT | Apollo Gold Corp. | 154 | ||||
| 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� | ||||||||
| 2006. | ||||||||
| 2 Includes Carlin East, Deep Post, Gold Quarry, and Pete Mines. | ||||||||
| 3Quantity refers to total quantity of gold produced in concentrates. | ||||||||
| 4Quantity refers to gold equivalent produced (that is, includes value of associated metals). | ||||||||
| 5Correction posted April 14, 2008. | ||||||||
| Sources: Company annual reports, company 10-K reports submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, company news releases, | ||||||||
| and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program