Silicon tsis yog mined nyob rau hauv nws daim ntawv elemental; Hloov chaw, nws tau txais los ntawm silica (silicon dioxide), uas muaj ntau nyob rau hauv qhov.
Cov hauv paus ntsiab lus kom tau txais silica yog:
Quartz xuab zeb thiab gravel: Cov no yog cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb siv los tsim silica. Lawv pom nyob rau hauv ntau qhov chaw thoob ntiaj teb, suav nrog:
- Tebchaws Meskas: Cov nyiaj tso nyiaj tseem ceeb muaj nyob hauv xeev xws li Florida, Texas, thiab Minnesota.
- Lub teb chaws Yelemees: Sab hnub poob ntawm lub tebchaws muaj cov nyiaj tso nyiaj loj.
- Brazil: Lub tsev rau ntau qhov tso nyiaj ntawm silica xuab zeb.
- Australia: Nws kuj tseem muaj qhov tshwj xeeb.
- Silica Mines: Cov mines no extract high-purity silica rau zus tau tej cov silicon. Lub teb chaws uas paub silica deposits muaj xws li:
- Is Nrias teb: Muaj ntau yam zoo silica mines.
- Tuam Tshoj: Ib qho ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom loj tshaj plaws silica nrog ntau yam silica mines.
- Silicon ntau lawm cov chaw: Silicon yog tsim nyob rau hauv smelting nroj tsuag qhov twg silica pulverized nyob rau hauv hluav taws xob arc rauv, nyob rau hauv cov steel thiab metallurgical cheeb tsam. Cov neeg tsim khoom loj ntawm silicon, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog qib metallurgical silicon, nyob hauv:
- Tuam Tshoj: Cov neeg tsim khoom loj tshaj plaws ntawm silica nrog ntau cov smelters.
- Tebchaws Meskas: Cov khoom loj yog nyob rau hauv xeev xws li West Virginia, Tennessee thiab Ohio.
- Norway: Paub txog nws cov khoom zoo silicon.
- Brazil thiab Russia: Kuj tseem ceeb cov neeg tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb ma