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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||
| LEADING LEAD-PRODUCING MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2007, IN ORDER OF OUTPUT1 | ||||||||
| Rank | Mine | County and State | Operator | Source of lead | ||||
| 1 | Red Dog������������� | Northwest Arctic, AK | Teck Cominco Alaska Inc.�������� | Zinc-lead ore. | ||||
| 2 | Buick�������������� | Iron, MO | Doe Run Resources Corp.���������� | Lead ore. | ||||
| 3 | Fletcher | Reynolds, MO��������� | do. | Do. | ||||
| 4 | Brushy Creek | do. | do. | Do. | ||||
| 5 | Viburnum (#29 and #35) | Washington and Iron, MO | do. | Do. | ||||
| 6 | Lucky Friday | Shoshone, ID | Hecla Mining Co. | Silver ore. | ||||
| 7 | Sweetwater���������� | Reynolds, MO��������� | Doe Run Resources Corp.���������� | Lead ore. | ||||
| 8 | Greens Creek | Juneau, AK | Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Co. | Zinc-silver ore. | ||||
| 9 | Montana Tunnels | Jefferson, MT��������� | Apollo Gold Corp. | Gold ore. | ||||
| 10 | Pend Oreille | Pend Oreille, WA | Teck Cominco American Inc.�������� | Zinc-lead ore. | ||||
| 11 | Galena� | Shoshone, ID | U.S. Silver Corp. | Silver ore. | ||||
| Do., do. Ditto.� | ||||||||
| 1The mines on this list accounted for 100% of U.S. mine production in 2007. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program