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In Arizona, copper mining has been a major industry since the 19th century. In 2007, Arizona was the leading copper-producing state in the country, producing 750 thousand metric tons of copper, valued at $5.54 billion. Arizona's copper production was 60% of the total for the United States. Copper mining also produces gold and silver as ...
Resolution Copper has proposed to give the federal government 5,376 acres (21.76 km 2) of environmentally sensitive land in Arizona in exchange for the 2,422-acre (9.80 km 2) oak flat federal parcel, [12] which includes the Oak Flat Campground (protected since 1955) and several outdoor climbing sites including the Mine, Atlantis and the Pond.
Bagdad is a copper mining community and census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, in the western part of the state. It is one of only two remaining company towns in Arizona. The population was 1,876 at the 2010 census, up from 1,578 in 2000.
Copper Creek is a large, undeveloped project, which hosts multiple breccia and porphyry copper deposits. The results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) were released by the company in a news release dated May 3, 2023. The PEA [3] contemplates an open pit mining followed by an underground operation over a 30+ year mine life.
The mine is located in southern Pima County, southwest of Tucson and west of Green Valley-Sahuarita. Originally developed as an underground mine in 1907, the Sierrita open pit has been in operation since 1959 and is a copper and molybdenum mining complex, operating on a porphyry copper deposit with oxide, secondary sulfide, and primary sulfide ...
New Cornelia mine and the town of Ajo, Arizona. Photo: NASA Native copper specimen from the New Cornelia mine. Size 6.4 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm. Shattuckite with malachite, polished specimen, New Cornelia mine. Size 5.3 x 5.1 x 5.0 cm. The New Cornelia mine is a currently inactive open-pit copper mine in Pima County, Arizona, United States.
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The Bagdad Mine is a large copper mine located in Arizona, in the southwestern part of the United States. Bagdad represents one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world, having estimated reserves of 873.6 million tonnes of ore grading 0.36% copper. [ 1 ]