Metal operator mining facts - 2005

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In 2005, a total of 263 metal mining operations reported employment to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Metal mines were the smallest mining commodity sector, comprising 1.8% of all mining operations. • Gold mines comprised 46.0% (n=121) of all metal mining operations. Other common types of metal mines were iron ore (n=32; 12.2%), copper ore (n=31; 11.8%), and lead and/or zinc ore (n=16; 6.1%). • Nevada had the largest number of metal mines (n=52; 19.8%), followed by Alaska (n=27; 10.3%).
• Subjects:
  Mine Accidents Mineral Industries Mine Safety Mining
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034768
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:753b389c81b7f8d5a536ab4f57ca8104dcafbad0a7b5dca642541c1d3a32333ebd5e9f2191c76cf6c814eb1c20b6fb16f4aaafbd5d031e591cf1e90b68e090f8
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