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The ADMMR engages in technical research, field investigations, education, and information dissemination. As one of its educational activities, it operated the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum until July 2010, when responsibility for the museum was transferred to the Arizona Historical Society pursuant to a state law enacted in May 2010. [2]
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 ...
Rosemont Mine will consume approximately 6,000 acre-feet of potable water per year for mining operations. [62] The economies of the Santa Rita Mountains communities are largely driven by outdoor recreation and tourism. Even modest impact from the Rosemont Mine could discourage tourism to the region, and destroy more than the number of new jobs ...
The New Cornelia mine is a currently inactive open-pit copper mine in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It was the only productive mine in the Ajo mining district, and is located just outside the town of Ajo, which was built as a company town to serve the New Cornelia mines. The roughly circular pit is one and a half miles across at its ...
The Magma copper mine became one of the most productive copper mines in Arizona, and through 1964, produced more than 25 million troy ounces (780 metric tons) of silver as a byproduct of copper mining. [4] Miners exhausted the best silver ores in the area by the mid-1880s, most of the mines closed, and most of the towns were deserted.
Arizona breccia pipe uranium mineralization; 1983 Arizona copper mine strike; Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources; Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum; Arizona State Mine Inspector; Artillery Mountains
Denison Mines planned to begin mining its Arizona One mine in 2007. [9] The deposit is in a breccia pipe on the Colorado Plateau of northern Arizona. [ 10 ] In March 2011, the State of Arizona issued air and water permits to Denison which would allow uranium mining to resume at three locations north of the Grand Canyon, subject to federal approval.
In addition, AZGS archives well cuttings of more than 1,000 oil and gas wells on behalf of the Arizona Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. The AZGS Phoenix branch maintains tens-of-thousands of mine maps and reports acquired in 2011 when the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources merged with AZGS. The Survey main office is located ...