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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||
| LEADING LEAD-PRODUCING MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2015, IN ORDER OF OUTPUT1 | ||||||||
| Rank | Mine | County and State2 | Operator | Source of lead | ||||
| 1 | Red Dog------------- | Northern Region, AK | Teck Alaska Inc.-------- | Zinc-lead ore. | ||||
| 2 | Fletcher | Reynolds, MO--------- | Doe Run Resources Corp.---------- | Lead ore. | ||||
| 3 | Brushy Creek | do. | do. | Do. | ||||
| 4 | Viburnum (#29 and #35) | Washington and Iron, MO | do. | Do. | ||||
| 5 | Buick-------------- | Iron, MO | do. | Do. | ||||
| 6 | Sweetwater---------- | Reynolds, MO--------- | do. | Do. | ||||
| 7 | Lucky Friday | Shoshone, ID | Hecla Mining Co. | Silver ore. | ||||
| 8 | Greens Creek | Southeastern Region, AK | do. | Zinc-silver ore. | ||||
| 9 | Galena- | Shoshone, ID | U.S. Silver & Gold Inc. | Silver ore. | ||||
| 10 | Pend Oreille | Pend Oreille, WA | Teck American Inc. | Zinc-lead ore. | ||||
| Do., do. Ditto.- | ||||||||
| 1The mines on this list accounted for 100% of the U.S. lead mine production in 2015. | ||||||||
| 2For Alaska, mines are located by geographic region, as delineated by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical- | ||||||||
| Surveys in its Special Report 67, Alaska-s mineral industry 2011-Exploration activity. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
