Gold Statistics and Information

Gold has been treasured since ancient times for its beauty and permanence.   Most of the gold that is fabricated today goes into the manufacture of jewelry.   However, because of its superior electrical conductivity and resistance to corrosion and other desirable combinations of physical and chemical properties, gold also emerged in the late 20th century as an essential industrial metal.  Gold performs critical functions in computers, communications equipment, spacecraft, jet aircraft engines, and a host of other products.  Although gold is important to industry and the arts, it also retains a unique status among all commodities as a long-term store of value.  Until recent times, it was considered essentially a monetary metal, and most of the bullion produced each year went into the vaults of government treasuries or central banks.

Subscribe to receive an email notification when a new publication is added to this page. On the Questions tab of the subscriber preferences page, select "Gold" and any other options in which you may be interested. Please see the list services page for more information..

Monthly Publications

We are currently in the process of transitioning our datasets to the USGS ScienceBase platform to improve long-term accessibility, documentation, and version control. As part of that transition, we have temporarily paused public posting of our Mineral Industry Surveys (MIS), so the latest available posted data are from December 2025. We will start publication of the MIS as soon as this process is completed. Users subscribed to the automatic notification will be informed as each MIS becomes available. Thank you for your patience. 

Mineral Industry Surveys

• Recent editions
    PDF Format:
      2025: | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
• 2024: | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
    XLSX Format:
      2025: | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
      2024: | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
• U.S Production of Selected Mineral Commodities (Quarterly Mineral Industry Surveys)

Annual Publications

Mineral Commodity Summaries

• Gold
    PDF Format:
       | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |2013 |2014 |2015 |2016 |2017 |2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
• Appendixes

Minerals Yearbook

• Gold
    PDF Format:
       | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
    XLS Format:
       | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 tables-only release |
• Archive
       | 1932-1993 |
• Recycling-Metals

General Interest Publications

• Gold
• Prospecting for Gold in the United States

Special Publications

• Estimated Water Requirements for Gold Heap-leach Operations 
  Open-File Report 2012-1085
• Events Affecting Gold Exploration in Venezuela Since 1999
  Open-File Report 2014-1068
• Flow Studies for Recycling Metal Commodities in the United States
  C-1196-A-M
• Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States
  Data Series 140
  • Gold
• International Mineral Exploration Activities From 1995 Through 2004
  Data Series 139
• Metal Prices in the United States through 2010
  Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5188
• Mineral Commodity Profiles: Gold
  OF-2002-303
• Review of selected global mineral industries in 2011 and an outlook to 2017 
  Open-File Report 2013-1091
• Statistical Compendium
  • Gold
• U.S. Mineral Dependence-Statistical Compilation of U.S. and World Mineral Production, Consumption, and Trade, 1990-2010
  Open-File Report 2013-1184

Links

• World Gold Council