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State summaries: Colorado

January 1, 2006

According to the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS), Colorado's mining industry enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2005. For the whole year, the total value of nonfuel minerals, coal and uranium produced in the state in 2005 amounted to $2.4 billion. The production value of $1.52 billion in the nonfuel sector broke the previous record of $1.3 billion set in 1980, and is 60% higher than the revised 2004 CGS estimate of $950.5 million. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) ranked Colorado ninth among the states in nonfuel mineral value, up from 17th in 2004. About $1 billion of the nonfuel total is from metal mining. New record-high productions were achieved not only for molybdenum but also for coal and goal.

Publication Year 2006
Title State summaries: Colorado
Authors J. Keller, C. Carroll, B. Widmann
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Mining Engineering
Index ID 70030688
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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