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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||||
| LEADING COPPER-PRODUCING MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2014, IN ORDER OF OUTPUT1 | ||||||||||||||
| Capacity | ||||||||||||||
| (thousand | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Mine | County and State | Operator | Source of copper | metric tons) | |||||||||
| 1 | Morenci | Greenlee, AZ | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.- | Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated and leached | 380 | |||||||||
| 2 | Bingham Canyon | Salt Lake, UT | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC2 | Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated | 280 | |||||||||
| 3 | Chino | Grant, NM | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.- | Copper ore, concentrated and leached | 130 | |||||||||
| 4 | Bagdad | Yavapai, AZ | do. | do. | 100 | |||||||||
| 5 | Sierrita | Pima, AZ | do. | do. | 80 | |||||||||
| 6 | Ray | Pinal, AZ | ASARCO LLC3 | do. | 150 | |||||||||
| 7 | Pinto Valley | Gila, AZ | Capstone Mining Corp. | do. | 60 | |||||||||
| 8 | Safford | Graham, AZ | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.- | Copper ore, leached | 110 | |||||||||
| 9 | Mission Complex | Pima, AZ | ASARCO LLC3 | Copper ore, concentrated | 70 | |||||||||
| 10 | Tyrone | Grant, NM | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.- | Copper ore, leached | 45 | |||||||||
| 11 | Robinson | White Pine, NV | KGHM International Ltd. | Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated | 60 | |||||||||
| 12 | Continental Pit | Silver Bow, MT | Montana Resources | do. | 40 | |||||||||
| 13 | Miami- | Gila, AZ | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.- | Copper ore, leached | 90 | |||||||||
| 14 | Phoenix | Lander, NV | Newmont Mining Corp. | Gold-copper ore, concentrated | 40 | |||||||||
| 15 | Silver Bell | Pima, AZ | ASARCO LLC3 | Copper ore, leached | 25 | |||||||||
| 16 | Mineral Park | Mohave, AZ | Mercator Minerals Ltd. | Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated and leached | 30 | |||||||||
| 17 | Carlota | Gila, AZ | KGHM International Ltd. | Copper ore, leached | 10 | |||||||||
| 18 | Lisbon Valley | San Juan, UT | Lisbon Valley Mining Co. LLC | do. | 14 | |||||||||
| 19 | Eagle | Marquette, MI | Lundin Mining Corp. | Nickel-copper ore, concentrated | 4 | |||||||||
| do. Ditto. | ||||||||||||||
| 1The mines listed accounted for more than 99% of U.S. mine production in 2014. | ||||||||||||||
| 2Wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc. | ||||||||||||||
| 3Wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo M-xico, S.A.B. de C.V. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
