In September 2009 Chevron Mining officials announced that operations at the mine would stop altogether by December 2009. Chevron had announced a few years ago that the McKinley lease would be mined out by 2009 or 2010.<ref>Bill Donovan,[http://www.navajotimes.com/business/2009/0909/092409mine.php "McKinley Mine to cease operations in December"] The Navajo Times Online, September 24, 2009</ref> The Navajo Tribe had comprised 86 percent of the workforce at McKinley Mine.<ref>Deborah Dasch,[http://www.unr.edu/mines/mine-eng/careers/minevoice.html "The Many Faces of Mining"] MiningVoice, accessed November 2009</ref>
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==Mine Data==