Mexico Metal Reserves
USGS reports 9 commodities with a reserve or production figure for Mexico, led by Silver at 6.07% of the reported global reserve. See Mexico's price profile for live metal prices.
USGS assesses roughly 90 mineral commodities worldwide each year, but only compiles a country-level reserve or production breakdown for a given commodity where the underlying data supports one — the table below is every commodity that condition is met for in Mexico. Each row pairs the reserve quantity with its share of the reported global total and last year's production, so it's possible to see at a glance which commodities this country is significant in and which it merely reports a smaller figure for.
Global Reserve Share by Commodity
Mexico's Reported Commodities
| Commodity | Category | Reserve | Global Reserve Share | 2025 Production | Global Production Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony | Strategic | 18,000 metric tons (antimony content) | Not calculated | 600 metric tons (antimony content) | 0.55% |
| Cadmium | Strategic | 1,000 metric tons | 4.35% | 1,190 metric tons | 5.22% |
| Copper | Base | 53,000 thousand metric tons, copper content | 5.41% | 480 thousand metric tons, copper content | 1.66% |
| Gold | Precious | 1,400 metric tons (gold content) | 2.12% | 140 metric tons (gold content) | 4.24% |
| Iron Ore | Base | 520 million metric tons, iron content | 0.60% | 7,700 thousand metric tons, usable ore | 0.30% |
| Lead | Base | 5,600 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 5.89% | 200 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 4.44% |
| Molybdenum | Base | 130 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 0.76% | 17,000 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 6.54% |
| Silver | Precious | 37,000 metric tons (silver content) | 6.07% | 6,300 metric tons (silver content) | 24.23% |
| Zinc | Base | 14,000 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 5.83% | 780 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 6.00% |
