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This list of mines in Mexico is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
Cananea Copper Mine, Sonora, Mexico. Mining in Mexico represented 2.4% of the nation's gross domestic product in 2023 and employed 350,000 people in 2020. Mexico is the world's largest producer of silver and a globally significant producer of gold, copper and zinc. In 2020, Mexico produced the world's 12th largest volume of minerals by value.
The Mexican Geological Survey developed a database containing geological mining exploration maps at scales of 1:250,000,and 1:50,000. The database was launched in 2003 and contains information of all geological and geochemical maps. [4]
5.2 Mexico. 5.3 United States. 6 South America. Toggle South America subsection. ... This is a list of silver mines in alphabetical order and includes both operating ...
La Negra is a silver mine in Querétaro, Mexico. [1] The mine has thirteen known ore bodies, overwhelmingly of silver, but also with smaller quantities of gold, zinc and lead. [2] The mine has a processing mill that can process 3,000 tons-per-day. [3] Tailings from the mine are held behind five tailings dams. [1]
Entrance sign on aqueduct archway at entrance to La Valenciana Mine in La Valencia, Guanajuato, Guanajuato. The mine is spread out underground, below the region North-east of Guanajuato City. The mouth of the mine is known as Bocamina and is located in the town of Valenciana, directly behind the outside wall of the local church, San Cayetano. [17]
It is an open pit operation which began operations in March 2010, [3] [unreliable source?] but still managed to produce 13,952,600 ounces of silver that year. [1] Estimated reserves for the Peñasquito Mine are 17.82 million oz of gold, 1,070.1 million oz of silver, 3,214 tons of lead and 7,098 million tons of zinc. [3]
Pages in category "Silver mines in Mexico" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. AuRico Gold; B.