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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.
Mining stopped in 1975; now open for tours Lavender Pit: Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona: Phelps Dodge: Porphyry copper: Closed in 1974 United Verde Mine: Jerome, Yavapai County, Arizona: Phelps Dodge: Closed in 1953 Iron Mountain: Shasta County, California: Volcanogenic massive sulfide: Operated 1860s to 1963; now a superfund site Minesota ...
The project is owned by Arizona Lithium and, since 2022, was being developed in partnership with the Navajo Nation mining company Navajo Transitional Energy Company. The Hualapai tribe have been critical of the Bureau of Land Management's environmental assessment of the project, protesting that the mine would destroy their sacred and cultural ...
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.
The Mineral Park mine is a large open-pit copper mine located in the Cerbat Mountains, 14 mi (23 km) northwest of Kingman, Arizona (in the southwestern United States). A 2013 report said that Mineral Park has an estimated reserves of 389 million t (383 million long tons; 429 million short tons) of ore grading 0.14% copper and 31 million oz (1.9 ...
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.