lists of copper mines in the united states 

Statements about this table:
in pinal county , arizona , there be a mine call ray that rank 3rd and have a capacity of 170 metric ton
ray be the mine in pinal county , arizona when there be a capacity of less than 5 metric ton and be rank be over 14
the sierrita mine , in grant county , new mexico , be operate by freeport - mcmoran
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
rank
mine
county and state
operator
source of copper
capacity (thousands of metric tons)
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 llp
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
rank
mine
county and state
operator
source of copper
capacity (thousands of metric tons)
11
robinson
white pine county , nevada
quadra fnx 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