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| TABLE 10 | ||||||
| MOLYBDENUM-PRODUCING MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2007 | ||||||
| State and mine | County | Operator | Source of molybdenum | |||
| Arizona: | ||||||
| Bagdad | Yavapai | Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated. | |||
| Mission Complex | Pima | Asarco LLC | Do. | |||
| Morenci | Greenlee | Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Do. | |||
| Sierrita | Pima | do. | Do. | |||
| Colorado, Henderson | Clear Creek | do. | Molybdenum ore, concentrated. | |||
| Idaho, Thompson Creek | Custer | Thompson Creek Metals Co. | Do. | |||
| Montana, Continental Pit | Silver Bow | Montana Resources | Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated. | |||
| Nevada: | ||||||
| Ashdown | Humboldt | Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. | Molybdenum ore, concentrated. | |||
| Robinson | White Pine | Quadra Mining, Ltd. | Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated. | |||
| New Mexico: | ||||||
| Chino | Grant | Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Do. | |||
| Questa | Taos | Molycorp, Inc. | Molybdenum ore, concentrated. | |||
| Utah, Bingham Canyon | Salt Lake | Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. | Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated. | |||
| Do., do.� Ditto. | ||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program