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Description: Azurite and malachite on iron oxide gossan from Arizona, USA. (~5.0 centimeters across at its widest) Blue = azurite Green = malachite Reddish-brown = gossan matrix
The Morenci Mine is a large copper mine located near Morenci, Arizona, United States.Morenci represents one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world, having estimated reserves of 3.2 billion tonnes (3.5 × 10 9 short tons) of ore grading 0.16% copper.
The biggest employer in Morenci (and in nearby Clifton) and the owner of the town is Freeport-McMoRan, the owner of the Morenci Mine, the largest copper mining operation in North America, and one of the largest copper mines in the world. The town was a site of the Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983. The large open-pit mine is north of the town.
Morenci mine open pit in 2012. The red rocks in the upper benches, and the outcrops in the background, are in the leached capping. It appears that the bottom of the pit is in the mixed oxide-sulfide zone, and that is also what the two haul trucks in the foreground are carrying. Click to enlarge photo. Bingham Canyon mine in 2005. The gray rocks ...
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Clifton is a town in and is the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, [3] along the San Francisco River.The population of the town was 3,311 at the 2010 census, [4] with a 2018 population estimate of 3,700. [5]
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