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The Sierrita Mine is a large copper mine located in the Sierrita Mountains of Arizona, in southwestern United States. The mine is located in southern Pima County , southwest of Tucson and west of Green Valley - Sahuarita .
The Sierrita Mountains (English: "Little Mountains") is a minor mountain range about 40 mi (60 km) southwest of Tucson, in Pima County, Arizona. Historically, the area has seen extensive mining and ranching activity: several ranches, abandoned mines, and the large Sierrita Mine are located in the area. The highest point in the mountains is ...
The Granite Mountain/Speculator Mine disaster of June 8, 1917, occurred as a result of a fire in a copper mine, and was the most deadly event in underground hard rock mining in United States history. Most men died of suffocation underground as the fire consumed their oxygen; a total of 168 miners were killed.
The 2008 Iron Alps Complex Fire—also called the Iron/Alps Complex Fire—was a large wildfire complex in northeastern California's Trinity County. The complex comprised 48 fires, 36 of which were in the Iron Complex, and 12 in the Alps Complex [ 4 ] : 114 , all of which were ignited by lightning on June 21.
Aug. 8—WHITE SALMON — The Williams Mine Fire started Monday at about noon and was only burning five acres; however, the fire quickly expanded to more than 2,700 acres Tuesday and expanded ...
When the fire began, the company sealed several access points and vents to limit oxygen getting into the mine. Porter said the Bureau of Land Management has signed off on a plan that allows them ...
Anti-mining protests that have roiled Panama for the last two weeks turned deadly on Tuesday when a man allegedly shot and killed two demonstrators, according to police. Protests against copper ...
View of Sierrita Mountains and copper mines from Corona de Tucson. Corona de Tucson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 9,240 at the 2020 census, an increase of 1036% from the 2000 population of 813.