Silver Deposits in Mexico - Size & Grade

Comparative graphic from Plata Latina
Also Silver Institute - Global Silver Production for perspective
And Companies with Mining Projects in Mexico according to the Mexican Geological Service - large searchable database.
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Top 20 Silver Producing Countries in 2013 (millions of ounces)
1.	Mexico	169.7
2.	Peru	118.1
3.	China	118.0
4.	Australia	59.2
5.	Russia	45.4
6.	Bolivia	41.2
7.	Chile	39.2
8.	Poland	37.6
9.	United States	35.0
10.	Argentina	24.7
11.	Canada	20.8

Top 20 Silver Producing Companies in 2013 (millions of ounces)
Company		Country	Output
1.	Fresnillo plc.¹	Mexico	38.8
2.	BHP Billiton plc.	Australia	37.6
3.	KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.²	Poland	37.3
4.	GlencoreXstrata plc.³˒⁵	Switzerland	37.1
5.	Goldcorp Inc.	Canada	30.3
6.	Polymetal International plc.	Russia	27.2
7.	Pan American Silver Corp.¹	Canada	26.0
8.	Volcan Cia. Minera S.A.A.⁴	Peru	20.7
9.	Cia. de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.⁴	Peru	18.9
10.	Coeur Mining¹	USA	17.0
11.	Sumitomo Corp.⁵	Bolivia	13.8
12.	Hochschild Mining plc.	Peru	13.6
13.	Southern Copper Corp.	USA	13.5
14.	Kazakhmys plc.	Kazakhstan	13.0
15.	Teck Resources Ltd.⁵	Canada	11.4
16.	First Majestic Silver Corp.¹	Mexico	10.6
17.	Industrias Peñoles S.A.B de C.V.	Mexico	10.6
18.	Kinross Gold Corp.⁶	Canada	9.0
19.	Hecla Mining Company	USA	8.9
20.	Yamana Gold Inc.	Canada	8.4
¹ Primary silver producer
² Reported metallic silver production
³ Restated for merger, includes Kazzinc, copper & zine units, less estimated Illapa govt. interest
⁴Includes minority subsidiaries
⁵ Estimate
⁶ Reported silver sales

World’s Leading Primary Silver Mines in 2013 (millions of ounces)
Rank	Mine/Country	Operating Company	Prod.
1.	Cannington¹, Australia	BHP Billiton plc.	29.09
2.	Fresnillo Mine, Mexico	Fresnillo plc.	22.76
3.	Dukat², Russia	Polymetal International plc.	18.30
4.	Saucito, Mexico	Fresnillo plc.	11.58
5.	Uchucchacua, Peru	Compañia de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	11.44
6.	Pirquitas, Argentina	Silver Standard Resources Inc.	8.22
7.	Pallancata, Peru	Hochschild Mining plc.	7.63
8.	Palmarejo, Mexico	Coeur Mining	7.60
9.	Greens Creek, U.S.	Hecla Mining Company	7.45
10.	San José, Argentina	Hochschild Mining plc. / McEwen Mining Inc.	6.36
11.	Imiter³, Morocco	Société Métallurgique d’Imiter	6.24
12.	San Bartolomé, Bolivia	Coeur Mining	5.94
13.	Alamo Dorado, Mexico	Pan American Silver Corp.	5.04
14.	Gümüsköy³, Turkey	Eti Gümüş A.Ş.	5.00
15.	Arcata, Peru	Hochschild Mining plc.	4.98
¹ Reported payable metal in concentrate; ² Including Gotsovoye; ³ Estimate

Material and statistics in this section were adapted in part from the Silver Institute’s World Silver Survey 2014 publication