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| TABLE 3 | |||||||
| LEADING SILVER-PRODUCING MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2013, IN ORDER OF OUTPUT1 | |||||||
| Rank | Mine | County and State2 | Operator | Source of silver | |||
| 1 | Red Dog | Northern Region, AK | Teck Alaska Inc. | Zinc-lead ore. | |||
| 2 | Greens Creek | Southeastern Region, AK | Hecla Mining Co. | Zinc-silver ore. | |||
| 3 | Bingham Canyon | Salt Lake, UT | Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.3 | Copper-molybdenum ore. | |||
| 4 | Rochester | Pershing, NV | Coeur d-Alene Mines Corp. | Silver ore. | |||
| 5 | Galena- | Shoshone, ID | U.S. Silver & Gold Inc. and Scorpio Mining Co | Do. | |||
| 6 | Phoenix | Lander, NV | Newmont Mining Corp. | Gold-copper ore. | |||
| 7 | Lucky Friday | Shoshone, ID | Hecla Mining Co. | Silver ore. | |||
| 8 | Mission Complex | Pima, AZ | ASARCO LLC4 | Copper-molybdenum ore. | |||
| 9 | Bagdad | Yavapai, AZ | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Do. | |||
| 10 | Hycroft- | Humboldt and Pershing, NV | Allied Nevada Gold Corp.- | Gold ore. | |||
| 11 | Smoky Valley Common- | Nye, NV | Kinross Gold Corp. | Do. | |||
| -Operation | |||||||
| 12 | Continental Pit | Silver Bow, MT | Montana Resources | Copper-molybdenum ore. | |||
| 13 | Mineral Park | Mohave, AZ | Mercator Minerals Ltd. | Do. | |||
| 14 | Carlin Mines Operations5 | Elko and Eureka, NV | Newmont Mining Corp. | Gold ore. | |||
| 15 | Denton-Rawhide | Mineral, NV | Rawhide Mining, LLC- | Do. | |||
| 16 | Morenci | Greenlee, AZ | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper-molybdenum ore. | |||
| 17 | Ray- | Pinal, AZ | ASARCO LLC4 | Copper ore. | |||
| 18 | Goldstrike6 | Elko and Eureka, NV | Barrick Gold Corp. | Gold ore. | |||
| 19 | Pinto Valley- | Gila, AZ | Eureka Copper, Inc. | Gold-copper ore. | |||
| 20 | Ruby Hill- | Elko and Eureka, NV | Barrick Gold Corp. | Gold ore. | |||
| 21 | Hollister | Elko, NV | Great Basin Gold Ltd. | Do. | |||
| 22 | Florida Canyon | Pershing, NV | Jiangsu Inc. | Do. | |||
| 23 | Chino- | Grant, NM | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Copper ore. | |||
| 24 | Wharf | Lawrence, SD | Goldcorp Inc. | Gold ore. | |||
| Do. Ditto. | |||||||
| 1The mines on this list accounted for more than 99% of U.S. mine production in 2013. | |||||||
| 2For Alaska, mines are located by geographic region, as delineated by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys in its Special Report 67,- | |||||||
| Alaskaʼs mineral industry 2011-Exploration activity. | |||||||
| 3Wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc. | |||||||
| 4Wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo M-xico, S.A.B. de C.V. | |||||||
| 5Includes nine open pit operations (Emigrant, Genesis, Gold Quarry, Lantern, Lone Tree, Midas, Pay Raise, Twin Creeks, and Widge Mines) and six underground- | |||||||
| operations (Carlin East, Chukar, Exodus, Leesville, Pete Bajo, and Vista Mines). | |||||||
| 6Includes Betze-Post, Meikle, and Storm Mines. | |||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
