2022 Edition

national industry 212220

Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining, and/or beneficiating (i.e., preparing) ores valued chiefly for their gold and/or silver content. Establishments primarily engaged in the transformation of the gold and silver into bullion or dore bar in combination with mining activities are included in this industry.

The immediate parent of national industry 212220 is international industry 21222: Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining

2022 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing gold or silver bullion or dore bar without mining are classified in Industry 331410, Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 212220 - Bullion, gold, produced at the mine
  2. 212220 - Bullion, silver, produced at the mine
  3. 212220 - Calaverite mining and/or beneficiating
  4. 212220 - Gold lode mining and/or beneficiating
  5. 212220 - Gold ore mine site development for own account
  6. 212220 - Gold ore mining and/or beneficiating plants
  7. 212220 - Gold ores, concentrates, bullion, and/or precipitates mining and/or beneficiating
  8. 212220 - Gold placer mining and/or beneficiating
  9. 212220 - Lode gold mining and/or beneficiating
  10. 212220 - Placer gold mining and/or beneficiating
  11. 212220 - Placer silver mining and/or beneficiating
  12. 212220 - Silver ore mine site development for own account
  13. 212220 - Silver ores mining and/or beneficiating
  14. 212220 - Sylvanite mining and/or beneficiating
  15. 212220 - Telluride (gold) mining and/or beneficiating

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 212221 212222
2007 212221 212222
2012 212221 212222
2017 212221 212222
2022 212220

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 1041 - Gold Ores
  2. 1044 - Silver Ores

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 212220, Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining:

  1. dredging gold endless bucket or ladder type
  2. dredging gold floating dragline type
  3. gold ore
  4. gold ore and silver ore mining
  5. gold ore mining
  6. metal mining not prospecting
  7. metal mining prospecting
  8. metal ore mining
  9. mining
  10. mining except oil and gas
  11. mining not otherwise classified
  12. mining not otherwise classified not coal surface gold ore
  13. mining not otherwise classified not coal surface silver ore
  14. mining not otherwise classified not coal underground all other metal ore
  15. mining not otherwise classified not coal underground gold ore
  16. mining not otherwise classified not coal underground silver ore
  17. mining quarrying and oil and gas extraction
  18. ore milling
  19. ore milling or processing
  20. quarrying underground mining
  21. silver ore
  22. silver ore mining

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