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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]
From 1893 until 1915, the role of geologic mapping and reporting was handed off to the University of Arizona Bureau of Mines. In 1915, the Arizona Bureau of Mines was established at the University of Arizona with Charles Willis as its first director. World War II was a fertile time for the Arizona Bureau of Mines. The hunt for strategic metals ...
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
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 ...
It is an independent, constitutionally-mandated office, elected to a four-year term. Arizona is the only state which fills this position through direct election. [1] Arizona has 600 working mines and an estimated 120,000 abandoned mines. [2] Owing to a lack of funding, the department employed just two abandoned-mine supervisors as of 2019. [3]
The repository was funded by and assigned to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines (BOM) in 1970. A repository was set up at a BOM office in Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre, [8] Pennsylvania and covered all states east of the Mississippi River with the exception of Louisiana and Minnesota.
Mines in Arizona — historic and present day sites of mining operations in Arizona; Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ...
Roger A. Markle (December 12, 1933 – January 2020) was an American mining engineer and executive. He served as the 15th director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines . He later served as the president and vice chairman of Quaker State and the executive vice president of NERCO .