This report highlights activities in 2022 in the exploration and production for metals, industrial minerals, geothermal energy, and petroleum within the state of Nevada. At the time of publication, the 2022 Net Proceeds of Minerals Bulletin had yet to be released by the Nevada Department of Taxation. For this reason, gross proceeds reported in this report should be considered preliminary and are subject to change.

Once again Nevada led the nation in the production of gold ($7.281 billion) and barite ($35.891 million). It was also the only state that produced lithium compounds from primary extraction ($104.231 million), magnesite ($9.405 million), and the specialty clays, sepiolite and saponite ($15.049 million). Other commodities mined and produced in Nevada in 2022, in order of value, included copper ($567.076 million), geothermal energy ($322.617 million), aggregate (sand, gravel, and crushed stone; $285 million), silver ($118.854 million), diatomite ($60.206 million), limestone and dolomite (mainly for cement, $35.895 million), gypsum ($48.726 million), silica sand ($23.320 million), and petroleum ($19.294 million).

The locations of many of the sites mentioned in the text of this report are shown in NBMG Open-File Report 2023-01, Nevada Active Mines and Energy Producers, which is available at