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Largest Mines....[edit]

Should we add the largest mines?

The list of largest mines is great info, but I think it deserves a separate article. Plazak (talk) 13:40, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Leading copper-producing mines[edit]

Leading copper-producing mines in the U.S. in 2005, in order of output:^[1]

(_{The mines on this list accounted for more than 99% of U.S. mine production in 2005.})

Rank	Mine	County and State	Operator	Source of copper	Capacity (thousands of metric tons)
1	Morenci	Greenlee County, Arizona	Freeport-McMoRan	Copper ore, leached	390
2	Bingham Canyon	Salt Lake County, Utah	Kennecott Utah Copper	Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated	300
3	Ray	Pinal County, Arizona	ASARCO	Copper ore, concentrated and leached	170
4	Bagdad	Yavapai County, Arizona	Freeport-McMoRan	Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated and leached	100
5	El Chino	Grant County, New Mexico	Freeport-McMoRan	Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated and leached	125
6	Sierrita	Pima County, Arizona	Freeport-McMoRan	Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated and leached	100
7	Tyrone	Grant County, New Mexico	Freeport-McMoRan	Copper ore, leached	80
8	Continental Pit	Silver Bow County, Montana	Montana Resources	Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated	45
9	Mission Complex	Pima County, Arizona	ASARCO	Copper ore, concentrated	70
10	Silver Bell	Pima County, Arizona	ASARCO	Copper ore, leached	22
11	Robinson	White Pine County, Nevada	Quadra Mining	Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated	60
12	Miami	Gila County, Arizona	Freeport-McMoRan	Copper ore, leached	50
13	Pinto Valley	Gila County, Arizona	BHP Copper	Copper ore, leached	5
14	Miami	Gila County, Arizona	BHP Copper	Copper ore, leached	5

Ref[edit]

^ Edelstein, Daniel L. 2005 Minerals Yearbook: Copper - U.S. Geological Survey - U.S. Department of the Interior - March 2007 - 21.10 - (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document)

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[1] Edelstein, Daniel L. 2005 Minerals Yearbook: Copper - U.S. Geological Survey - U.S. Department of the Interior - March 2007 - 21.10 - (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document)

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