There are a total of fifty-two coal mines in the United States. The state with the most collieries is Wyoming which has thirteen coal mines and they are surface mines.
In 1860 there were major copper mines in Virginia and Tennessee.
The great US state of Arizona accounts for two-thirds of the nation's copper output. Gold, silver, and molybdenum are produced as byproducts of copper mining in Arizona.
There are a number of coal mines in the US that are quite large and profitable. The vast majority of these mines are located in Wyoming, which has the largest coal extraction rates of any state.
All US state quarters intended for circulation are made out of copper-nickel, 92% copper, 8% nickel.
Herkimer County, New York State
The US state of Pennsylvania is not known for its diamond mines.
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The huge open pit mines are there to produce copper. The extraction process does provide gold, sillver and molybdenum in the proocess as a by-product. Sixty percent of all US copper is mined in Arizona as well as half of the Nation's molybdenum.
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Mining in some form is conducted in every state of the US, and in most of the world (with the exception of Antarctica). Mining locations will be determined by the location of the material to be mined- coal mines are located where there is coal, gold mines where there is gold, etc.