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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| TWENTY-FIVE LEADING METAL AND INDUSTRIAL MINERAL MINES AND QUARRIES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2012, | |||||||||||||||||
| IN ORDER OF OUTPUT OF TOTAL MATERIAL HANDLED | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.- | |||||||||||||
| Bingham Canyon | Utah | Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.5 | Copper-molybdenum- | Open pit. | |||||||||||||
| Bald Mountain | Nevada | Barrick Gold Corp. | Gold- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Minntac | Minnesota | United States Steel Corp. | Iron ore | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Mission Complex | Arizona | ASARCO LLC6 | Copper-molybdenum- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Robinson | Nevada | KGHM International Ltd.7 | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Tilden- | Michigan | Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. | Iron ore | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Bagdad | Arizona | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper-molybdenum- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Marigold | Nevada | Goldcorp Inc. | Gold- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Safford | Arizona | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Hycroft | Nevada | Allied Nevada Gold Corp. | Gold- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Ray | Arizona | ASARCO LLC6 | Copper- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Cresson | Colorado | AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. | Gold- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Hibbing Taconite | Minnesota | Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. | Iron ore | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Sierrita | Arizona | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper-molybdenum- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Fort Knox- | Alaska | Kinross Gold Corp. | Gold- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Smoky Valley Common- | Nevada | do. | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Operation | |||||||||||||||||
| Chino | New Mexico | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper-molybdenum- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Mesquite | California | New Gold Inc. | Gold- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Keetwatic Taconite | Minnesota | United States Steel Corp. | Iron ore | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Thompson Creek Mine | Idaho | Thompson Creek Metals Co., Inc. | Molybdenum- | Do. | |||||||||||||
| United Taconite | Minnesota | Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. | Iron ore | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Industrial minerals:8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Florida (five) | Florida | The Mosaic Co. | Phosphate rock | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Boron | California | U.S. Borax Inc. | Boron | Do. | |||||||||||||
| South Pasture | Florida | CF Industries, Inc. | Phosphate rock | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Swift Creek | do. | PCS Phosphate Co., Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Aurora | North Carolina | do. | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Balcones- | Texas | CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. | Stone, crushed | Quarry. | |||||||||||||
| Beckmann | do. | Martin Marietta Aggregates | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
| Ste. Genevieve- | Missouri | Tower Rock Stone Co. | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| TXI Operations LP- | Texas | Texas Industries, Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Peerless- | Missouri | Mississippi Lime Co. | do. | Underground. | |||||||||||||
| Chico- | Texas | Martin Marietta Aggregates | do. | Quarry. | |||||||||||||
| Ste. Genevieve | Missouri | Holcim Group/Aggregate Industries- | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Management, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||
| Rock County Operations | Wisconsin | Frank Brothers, Inc. | Sand and gravel,- | Open pit. | |||||||||||||
| construction | |||||||||||||||||
| Calcite Operation | 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. | |||||||||||||
| Columbia | Ohio | Oldcastle Materials, Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| TXI Mill Creek- | Oklahoma | Texas Industries, Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Servtex | Texas | Lehigh Hanson, Inc. | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Carey Plant | Ohio | National Lime and Stone Co. | do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Freeport | Texas | Dow Chemical Co. | Salt | Solution. | |||||||||||||
| 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 5-Continued | |||||||||||||||||
| TWENTY-FIVE LEADING METAL AND INDUSTRIAL MINERAL MINES AND QUARRIES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2012, | |||||||||||||||||
| IN ORDER OF OUTPUT OF TOTAL MATERIAL HANDLED | |||||||||||||||||
| 4Includes Betze-Post, Meikle, and Storm Mines. | |||||||||||||||||
| 5Wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc. | |||||||||||||||||
| 6Wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo M-xico, S.A.B. de C.V. | |||||||||||||||||
| 7Formerly Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||
| 8Includes 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
