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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||
| TWENTY-FIVE LEADING METAL AND INDUSTRIAL MINERAL MINES AND QUARRIES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2012, | |||||||||
| IN ORDER OF OUTPUT OF CRUDE ORE | |||||||||
| Name of mine, quarry | |||||||||
| or operation1 | State | Operator | Commodity | Mining method | |||||
| Metals: | |||||||||
| Nevada operations2 | Nevada | Newmont Mining Corp. | Gold- | Open pit and underground.- | |||||
| Morenci | Arizona | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper-molybdenum- | Open pit. | |||||
| Cortez3 | Nevada | Barrick Gold Corp. | Gold- | Do. | |||||
| Goldstrike4 | do. | do. | do. | Open pit and underground.- | |||||
| Bagdad | Arizona | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper-molybdenum- | Open pit. | |||||
| Bald Mountain | Nevada | Barrick Gold Corp. | Gold- | Do. | |||||
| Safford | Arizona | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper-molybdenum- | Do. | |||||
| Mission Complex | do. | ASARCO LLC5 | Copper- | Do. | |||||
| Sierrita | do. | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper-molybdenum- | Do. | |||||
| Minntac | Minnesota | United States Steel Corp. | Iron ore | Do. | |||||
| Chino | New Mexico | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper-molybdenum- | Do. | |||||
| Bingham Canyon | Utah | Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.6 | do. | Do. | |||||
| Ray | Arizona | ASARCO LLC5 | Copper- | Do. | |||||
| Hycroft | Nevada | Allied Nevada Gold Corp. | Gold- | Do. | |||||
| Hibbing Taconite | Minnesota | Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. | Iron ore | Do. | |||||
| Tyrone | New Mexico | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper- | Do. | |||||
| Tilden- | Michigan | Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. | Iron ore | Do. | |||||
| Marigold | Nevada | Goldcorp Inc. | Gold- | Do. | |||||
| Fort Knox- | Alaska | Kinross Gold Corp. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Miami | Arizona | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper- | Do. | |||||
| Cresson | Colorado | AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. | Gold- | Do. | |||||
| Smoky Valley Common- | Nevada | Kinross Gold Corp. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Operation | |||||||||
| Ruby Hill | do. | Barrick Gold Corp. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Keetwatic Taconite | Minnesota | United States Steel Corp. | Iron ore | Do. | |||||
| Mineral Park | Arizona | Mercator Minerals Ltd. | Copper-molybdenum- | Do. | |||||
| Industrial minerals:7 | |||||||||
| Florida mines (five) | Florida | The Mosaic Co. | Phosphate rock | Do. | |||||
| South Pasture | do. | CF Industries, Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Swift Creek | do. | PCS Phosphate Co., Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Balcones Plant | Texas | CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. | Stone, crushed | Quarry. | |||||
| Aurora | North Carolina | PCS Phosphate Co., Inc. | Phosphate rock | Open pit. | |||||
| Beckmann | Texas | Martin Marietta Aggregates | Stone, crushed | Quarry. | |||||
| White Rock | Florida | Vecellio & Grogan, Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Georgetown | Texas | Texas Crushed Stone Co., Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Hunter- | do. | Hunter Industries, Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Perch Hill 74 | do. | Lehigh Hanson, Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Peerless- | Missouri | Mississippi Lime Co. | do. | Underground. | |||||
| Ste. Genevieve- | do. | Tower Rock Stone Co. | do. | Quarry. | |||||
| TXI Operations LP- | Texas | Texas Industries, Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Chico- | do. | Martin Marietta Aggregates | do. | Do. | |||||
| Rock County- | Wisconsin | Frank Brothers, Inc. | Sand and gravel,- | Open pit. | |||||
| construction | |||||||||
| Ste. Genevieve- | Missouri | Holcim Group/Aggregate Industries- | Stone, crushed | Quarry. | |||||
| Management, Inc. | |||||||||
| Boron | California | U.S. Borax Inc. | Boron | Open pit. | |||||
| Calcite- | Michigan | Carmeuse Lime and Stone | Stone, crushed | Quarry. | |||||
| FEC- | Florida | CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. | do. | Do. | |||||
| McCook 378 | Illinois | Vulcan Materials Co. | do. | Do. | |||||
| TXI Mill Creek- | Oklahoma | Texas Industries, Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Columbia- | Ohio | Oldcastle Materials, Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Freeport | Texas | Dow Chemical Co. | Salt | Solution. | |||||
| Servtex | do. | Lehigh Hanson, Inc. | Stone, crushed | Quarry. | |||||
| Carey Plant | Ohio | National Lime and Stone Co. | do. | Do. | |||||
| Do., do. Ditto. | |||||||||
| 1Where data are not reported for individual mining operations, ranking is on the basis of production as reported for a group of operations. | |||||||||
| 2Includes nine open pit operations (Emigrant, Genesis, Gold Quarry, Lantern, Lone Tree, Pay Raise, Phoenix, Twin Creeks, and Widge Mines)- | |||||||||
| and seven underground operations (Carlin East, Chukar, Exodus, Leeville, Midas, Pete Bajo, and Vista Mines). | |||||||||
| 3Includes Cortez Hills and Cortez Pipeline Mines. | |||||||||
| TABLE 4-Continued | |||||||||
| TWENTY-FIVE LEADING METAL AND INDUSTRIAL MINERAL MINES AND QUARRIES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2012, | |||||||||
| IN ORDER OF OUTPUT OF CRUDE ORE | |||||||||
| 4Includes Betze-Post, Meikle, and Storm Mines. | |||||||||
| 5Wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo M-xico, S.A.B. de C.V. | |||||||||
| 6Wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc. | |||||||||
| 7Includes private-sector operations only; excludes U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service operations. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
