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List of molybdenum mines

This list of molybdenum mines is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines
that have substantial molybdenum output, organized by country.

Contents
North America
Canada
United States
Europe
Asia
China
South West Pacific
Papua New Guinea
Australia
References

North America

Canada
Province Mine Operator Location
FortyTwo Metals Inc. (Roca
MAX (U., C.)[1] Mines Inc.)
Trout Lake

140 km northeast of Prince

Kitsault[2] Avanti Mining Inc.
Rupert
Highland Valley (P.,
Teck Cominco Limited Logan Lake
British C.)[1]
Columbia
Gibraltar (P., C.)[1] Taseko Mines Limited north of Williams Lake
Thompson Creek Mining
Endako (P., C.)[1] Fraser Lake
Limited
Huckleberry (P.,
Imperial Metals Corporation Houston
C.)[1]

United States
State Mine Operator County
Arizona Bagdad[3] Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Yavapai

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Mineral Park[3] Mercator Minerals Ltd. Mohave

Morenci[3] Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Greenlee
Sierrita[3] Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Pima
Climax Molybdenum Company (Freeport-
Climax[4] McMoRan)
Lake
Colorado
Climax Molybdenum Company (Freeport- Clear
Henderson[3][4]
McMoRan) Creek
Thompson
Idaho Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc. Custer
Creek[3]
Montana Continental Pit[3] Montana Resources LLP Silver Bow
Ashdown[3] Win-Eldrich Mines Ltd. Humboldt
Nevada
Robinson[3] Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. White Pine

New Chino[3] Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Grant

Mexico Questa[3] Chevron Mining Taos
Bingham
Utah Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. Salt Lake
Canyon[3]

Europe
Country Mine Operator Location
Norway Knaben - -
Sweden Munka - -

Asia

China
Province Mine Operator Location
Henan - China Molybdenum Company Limited -
Shaanxi - Jinduicheng Molybdenum Group Mining Corporation -
Liaoning - Yangjiazhangzi Molybdenum Mine -

South West Pacific

Papua New Guinea

Province Mine Operator Location
Madang Yandera Marengo Mining Limited -

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Australia
State Mine Principal Company Location
Queensland Anduramba[5] D'Aguilar Gold 100 km northwest of Brisbane, Qld
South Australia Kalkaroo[5] Havilah Resources NL Northwest of Broken Hill, SA
New South Wales Kingsgate[5] Auzex Resources 20 km east of Glen Innes
Northern Territory Molyhil[5] Thor Mining PLC 230 km northeast of Alice Springs, NT
Western Australia Spinifex Ridge[5] Moly Mines Ltd. 110 km south of Wyndham

References
1. "Metal and Diamond Mines and Mills in Canada" (https://web.archive.org/web/20130507123024/http://www.nrcan.gc.c
a/minerals-metals/node/4245). Natural Resources Canada. 2009-12-31. Archived from the original (http://www.nrcan.
gc.ca/minerals-metals/node/4245) on 2013-05-07.
2. "2010 Minerals Yearbook (Canada)" (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2010/myb3-2010-ca.pdf) (PDF).
U.S. Geological Survey. November 2011.
3. "Minerals Yearbook (Molybdenum)" (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/molybdenum/myb1-2011-moly
b.pdf) (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. 2011-12-31.
4. "Operator Database" (http://mining.state.co.us/SiteCollectionDocuments/Operator%20(1).zip). Colorado Department
of Natural Resources.
5. "Major New Mining Projects" (http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au/mapping/files/major_projects.xls). Geoscience
Australia. 2010-08-29.

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