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Underground mine producing nickel and copper concentrates 18 (2018) [8] 15 Phoenix Lander County, Nevada: Newmont Mining Corporation: Gold-copper ore, concentrated and leached 16 (2018) [6] 16 Lisbon Valley San Juan County, Utah: Lisbon Valley Mining Company Copper ore, open pit, heap leached 10–15 (2018) [9] 17 Miami: Gila County, Arizona ...
Flintsteel mine (formerly known as the Nassau mine, Old Flintsteel mine, and the Superior-Nassau Superior mine) - Mass City, Ontonagon County Florida mine - Florida location, Houghton County Franklin mine - Franklin; bought by the Quincy Mining Company in 1908
Later copper mining used improved gravity-classification machinery, including jigs, vanners, and Wilfley tables. A revolutionary development in American copper mining took place when mining engineer Daniel Cowan Jackling conceived of mining the huge but low-grade copper ore body at Bingham Canyon, Utah, using steam shovels in a big open pit ...
Austria Duvaz Morococha copper mine [3] Cerro Corona mine; Cerro Verde Copper-Molybdenum Mine [4] Cobriza mine; Constancia mine [5] La Granja mine; Las Bambas copper mine; Quellaveco mine [6] Tia Maria mine [7] Tintaya mine; Toquepala mine [8] Toromocho mine [9]
Production trends in the top five copper-producing countries, 1950-2012. This is a list of countries by mined copper production. Copper ore can be exported to be smelted so that a nation's smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production. See: List of countries by copper smelter production.
In Arizona, copper mining has been a major industry since the 19th century. In 2007, Arizona was the leading copper-producing state in the country, producing 750 thousand metric tons of copper, valued at $5.54 billion. Arizona's copper production was 60% of the total for the United States. Copper mining also produces gold and silver as ...
Name County Years Material Coordinates Adventure mine: Ontonagon: 1850–1920: copper: Alabastine Mine: Kent: 1907– gypsum: Arcadian mine: Houghton: 1898–1908: copper
2016 [2]; Rank Company Country Cu production (tonnes) 1: Codelco: Chile: 1,827,000 2: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold: United States: 1,696,000 3: Glencore: Switzerland