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Henderson mine

Henderson mine, United States. Producing, open pit, mining molybdenum since 1976.

Why Henderson is famous

Underground molybdenum complex in Colorado, in operation since 1976. 2025 output 13 million lb of molybdenum.1,2

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Henderson today

Where molybdenum is mined todayMining in United States

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Mines

An example ofClimax MineColorado molybdenum: Climax came online in 1917 and Henderson in 1976.1

Sources

  1. Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 Freeport-McMoRan Inc (SEC)
  2. data/minerals/operations.csv Prospector Trails (internal)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Chuquicamata from the ISS by Alexander Gerst (ESA), CC BY-SA 2.0.