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  "sourceRevision": "November 20, 2023",
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  "worldSeries": "world mine production",
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    "endYear": 2022
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  "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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