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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| LEADING GOLD-PRODUCING OPERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2015, IN ORDER OF OUTPUT1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Operation | County and State2 | Majority owner3 | (kilograms) | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Goldstrike | Elko and Eureka, NV | Barrick Gold Corp. | 32,800 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cortez Operations | Eureka and Lander, NV | do. | 31,100 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carlin Mines Operations4 | Elko, Eureka, and, Humboldt, NV | Newmont Mining Corp. | 27,600 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Twin Creeks | Humboldt, NV | do. | 14,700 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fort Knox | Eastern Interior Region, AK | Kinross Gold Corp. | 12,500 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Round Mountain6 | Nye, NV | Kinross Gold Corp. (50%), Barrick Gold Corp. (50%) | 11,900 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Turquoise Ridge | Humboldt, NV | Barrick Gold Corp. (75%), Newmont Mining Corp. (25%) | 9,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Pogo | Eastern Interior Region, AK | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (85%), Sumitomo Corp. (15%) | 8,800 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Marigold- | Humboldt, NV | Silver Standard Resources Inc. | 6,440 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Phoenix | Lander, NV | Newmont Mining Corp. | 6,380 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | Cripple Creek | Teller, CO | do.8 | 6,160 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Bald Mountain | White Pine, NV | Barrick Gold Corp. | 5,940 | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | Mesquite | Imperial, CA | New Gold Inc. | 4,200 | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Bingham Canyon | Salt Lake, UT | Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.9 | 4,070 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | Kensington | Southeastern Region, AK | Coeur Mining, Inc. | 3,930 | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | Midas and Fire Creek | Elko and Lander, NV | Klondex Mines Ltd. | 3,290 | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | Kettle River-Buckhorn | Okanogan, WA | Kinross Gold Corp. | 3,030 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | Wharf | Lawrence, SD | Coeur Mining, Inc.10 | 2,790 | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | Golden Sunlight | Jefferson, MT | Barrick Gold Corp. | 2,120 | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | Greens Creek | Southeastern Region, AK | Hecla Mining Co. | 1,880 | |||||||||||||||
| 21 | Rochester | Pershing, NV | Coeur Mining, Inc. | 1,640 | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | Mineral Ridge | Esmeralda, NV | Scorpio Gold Corp. | 1,230 | |||||||||||||||
| (11) | Florida Canyon | Pershing, NV | Jipangu Inc. | NA | |||||||||||||||
| (11) | Hycroft- | Humboldt and Pershing, NV | Hycroft Mining Corp.12 | NA | |||||||||||||||
| (11) | Jerritt Canyon | Elko, NV | Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC13 | NA | |||||||||||||||
| (11) | Robinson | White Pine, NV | KGHM International Ltd. | NA | |||||||||||||||
| do. Ditto. NA Not available from publicly available information. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; the operations listed accounted for more than 99% of U.S. output in 2015. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2For Alaska, mines are located by geographic region, as delineated by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys in its Special Report 70, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alaska-s mineral industry 2014-Exploration activity. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3When multiple owners are listed, the operating owner is listed first, and when only one owner is listed, the company has full ownership. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4Includes four open pit operations and four underground operations. Does not include Phoenix, Twin Creeks, and joint-venture underground Turquoise Ridge- | |||||||||||||||||||
| mines, which are listed separately. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5Quantity refers to total gold equivalent. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6Formerly listed as the Smoky Valley Common Operation. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7Quantity refers to total quantity of gold content of concentrates produced. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8Newmont Mining Corp. acquired 100% interest from AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. on August 3, 2015. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9Wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10Coeur Mining, Inc. acquired 100% interest from Goldcorp Inc. on February 20, 2015. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11The rank order is not shown to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12In October 2015, Allied Nevada Gold Corp. changed its name to Hycroft Mining Corp.- | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC acquired 100% interest from Veris Gold Corp. in the second quarter of 2015. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources: Company annual reports, company 10-K reports submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and company news releases. | |||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
