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  "releaseId": "metals-research-2026.08-v1",
  "datasetId": "usgs-silver-production-history",
  "sourceId": "usgs-ds140-silver",
  "sourceRevision": "September 1, 2023",
  "unit": "metric tonnes of metal content",
  "unitedStatesSeries": "mine production",
  "worldSeries": "world mine production",
  "coverage": {
    "startYear": 1900,
    "endYear": 2021
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "U.S. public domain",
    "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits",
    "attribution": "Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Data Series 140."
  },
  "limitations": [
    "Historical figures can be revised as source publications are reconciled.",
    "Blank or unavailable observations remain null and are never converted to zero.",
    "The U.S. gold field is the USGS primary-production series; the silver field is mine production."
  ],
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      "worldTonnes": 5400
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      "worldTonnes": 5380
    },
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      "year": 1902,
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      "worldTonnes": 5060
    },
    {
      "year": 1903,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1690,
      "worldTonnes": 5220
    },
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      "year": 1904,
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      "worldTonnes": 5110
    },
    {
      "year": 1905,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1750,
      "worldTonnes": 5360
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      "year": 1906,
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      "worldTonnes": 5130
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    {
      "year": 1907,
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      "worldTonnes": 5730
    },
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      "year": 1908,
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      "worldTonnes": 6320
    },
    {
      "year": 1909,
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      "worldTonnes": 6600
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      "year": 1910,
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      "worldTonnes": 6900
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      "year": 1911,
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      "worldTonnes": 7040
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      "year": 1912,
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      "year": 1913,
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      "year": 1914,
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      "worldTonnes": 5240
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    {
      "year": 1915,
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      "worldTonnes": 5730
    },
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      "year": 1916,
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      "worldTonnes": 5250
    },
    {
      "year": 1917,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 2200,
      "worldTonnes": 5420
    },
    {
      "year": 1918,
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      "year": 1919,
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      "year": 1920,
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      "year": 1921,
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      "year": 1930,
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      "year": 1931,
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      "year": 1932,
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      "year": 1933,
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      "year": 1934,
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      "year": 1935,
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      "year": 1936,
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      "year": 1937,
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      "year": 1938,
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      "year": 1939,
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      "year": 1940,
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      "year": 1941,
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      "year": 1943,
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      "year": 1944,
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      "worldTonnes": 5740
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      "year": 1945,
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      "worldTonnes": 5040
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      "year": 1946,
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      "worldTonnes": 3970
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      "year": 1947,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1110,
      "worldTonnes": 5220
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    {
      "year": 1948,
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      "worldTonnes": 5440
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      "year": 1949,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1080,
      "worldTonnes": 5570
    },
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      "year": 1950,
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      "worldTonnes": 6320
    },
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      "year": 1951,
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      "worldTonnes": 6210
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      "year": 1952,
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      "worldTonnes": 6700
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      "year": 1953,
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      "worldTonnes": 6900
    },
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      "year": 1954,
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      "year": 1955,
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      "worldTonnes": 7020
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      "year": 1957,
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      "worldTonnes": 7190
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    {
      "year": 1958,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1060,
      "worldTonnes": 7430
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      "year": 1959,
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      "worldTonnes": 6910
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    {
      "year": 1960,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 957,
      "worldTonnes": 7320
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      "year": 1961,
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      "year": 1962,
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      "worldTonnes": 7650
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      "year": 1963,
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      "worldTonnes": 7780
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      "year": 1964,
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      "worldTonnes": 7730
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      "worldTonnes": 8300
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      "year": 1967,
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      "worldTonnes": 8030
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    {
      "year": 1968,
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      "worldTonnes": 8560
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      "worldTonnes": 9200
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      "year": 1970,
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      "worldTonnes": 9360
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      "year": 1971,
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      "worldTonnes": 9170
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      "year": 1972,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1160,
      "worldTonnes": 9380
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      "year": 1973,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1170,
      "worldTonnes": 9700
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    {
      "year": 1974,
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      "worldTonnes": 9260
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      "year": 1975,
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      "worldTonnes": 9430
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    {
      "year": 1976,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1070,
      "worldTonnes": 9840
    },
    {
      "year": 1977,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1190,
      "worldTonnes": 10300
    },
    {
      "year": 1978,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1230,
      "worldTonnes": 10700
    },
    {
      "year": 1979,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1180,
      "worldTonnes": 10800
    },
    {
      "year": 1980,
      "unitedStatesTonnes": 1010,
      "worldTonnes": 10700
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    {
      "year": 1981,
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      "year": 1982,
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      "worldTonnes": 11500
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      "year": 1985,
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      "worldTonnes": 13100
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      "year": 1986,
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      "worldTonnes": 13000
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      "year": 1987,
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      "worldTonnes": 14000
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      "year": 1988,
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      "worldTonnes": 15500
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      "year": 1989,
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      "worldTonnes": 16400
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      "year": 1990,
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      "worldTonnes": 16600
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      "year": 1991,
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      "worldTonnes": 15600
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      "year": 1992,
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      "worldTonnes": 14900
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      "year": 1993,
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      "worldTonnes": 14100
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      "worldTonnes": 14000
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      "worldTonnes": 14900
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      "year": 1996,
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      "worldTonnes": 15100
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      "year": 1998,
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      "worldTonnes": 17200
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      "year": 1999,
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      "worldTonnes": 17600
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      "year": 2000,
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      "worldTonnes": 18100
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      "year": 2001,
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      "worldTonnes": 18700
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      "year": 2002,
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      "worldTonnes": 18800
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      "worldTonnes": 18800
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      "worldTonnes": 20000
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      "year": 2005,
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      "worldTonnes": 20800
    },
    {
      "year": 2006,
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      "worldTonnes": 20100
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    {
      "year": 2007,
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      "worldTonnes": 20800
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      "year": 2008,
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