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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||
| LEADING SILVER-PRODUCING MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2006, IN ORDER OF OUTPUT1 | ||||||||
| Rank | Mine | County and State | Operator | Source of silver | ||||
| 1 | Greens Creek | Juneau, AK | Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Co. | Zinc ore. | ||||
| 2 | Red Dog | Northwest Arctic, AK | Teck Cominco Alaska Inc. | Zinc-lead ore. | ||||
| 3 | Rochester | Pershing, NV | Coeur d'Alene Corporation5 | Silver ore. | ||||
| 4 | Bingham Canyon | Salt Lake, UT | Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. | Copper-molybdenum ore. | ||||
| 5 | Lucky Friday | Shoshone, ID | Hecla Mining Company | Silver ore. | ||||
| 6 | Midas5 | Elko, NV | Newmont Mining Corporation | Gold ore. | ||||
| 7 | Galena | Shoshone, ID | U.S. Silver Corporation | Silver ore. | ||||
| 8 | Troy� | Lincoln, MT | Revett Minerals Inc. | Do. | ||||
| 9 | Mission Complex2 | Pima, AZ | Asarco LLC3 | Copper ore. | ||||
| 10 | Continental Pit | Silver Bow, MT | Montana Resources | Copper-molybdenum ore. | ||||
| 11 | Bagdad | Yavapai, AZ | Phelps-Dodge Corp. | Copper ore. | ||||
| 12 | Carlin Mines Operations4,5 | Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, | Newmont Mining Corporation | Gold ore. | ||||
| Lander, NV5 | ||||||||
| 13 | Denton-Rawhide | Mineral, NV | Kennecott Minerals Company | Do. | ||||
| 14 | Phoenix | Lander, NV | Newmont Mining Corporation | Do. | ||||
| 15 | Chino | Grant, NM | Phelps Dodge Corp. | Copper-molybdenum ore. | ||||
| 16 | Ray | Pinal, AZ | Asarco LLC3 | Copper ore. | ||||
| 17 | Betze-Post5 | Eureka, NV | Barrick Gold Corporation | Gold ore. | ||||
| 18 | Montana Tunnels | Jefferson, MT | Apollo Gold Corp. | Do. | ||||
| 19 | Florida Canyon | Pershing, NV | Jipangu, Inc.5 | Do. | ||||
| 20 | Fletcher | Reynolds, MO | Doe Run Resources Corp. | Lead ore. | ||||
| 21 | Buick | Iron, MO | do. | Do. | ||||
| 22 | Meikle5 | Elko, NV | Barrick Gold Corporation | Gold ore. | ||||
| 23 | Cresson | Teller, CO | Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. | Do. | ||||
| 24 | Brushy Creek | Reynolds, MO | Doe Run Resources Corp. | Lead ore. | ||||
| 25 | Viburnum #29 and #35 | Washington and Iron, MO | do. | Do. | ||||
| 1The mines on this list accounted for 99% of U.S. mine production in 2006. | ||||||||
| 2Includes Eisenhower, Mission, Pima, and San Xavier Mines. | ||||||||
| 3Formerly ASARCO Incorporated. | ||||||||
| 4Includes Carlin East, Deep Post, Gold Quarry, Lone Tree, Mule Canyon, Pete, Rain/Emigrant, and Twin Creeks Mines. | ||||||||
| 5Correction posted April 14, 2008. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program