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Arizona Mined Land Reclamation Plan Approval [42] is a plan for post-mining operations to correct the disturbed land used for mining. [ 43 ] Hazardous Waste Identification Number [ 44 ] is the first step in the hazardous waste management system.
The Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources (ADMMR) is a state government agency in the U.S. state of Arizona that has the purpose of promoting and developing the state's mineral resources. The department was established in 1939 as the Arizona Department of Mineral Resources. [1]
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 ...
San Manuel copper mine site in 2009, after reclamation. The mine closed in 2003. The dry San Pedro River and part of the town are visible at top right.. The San Manuel Copper Mine was a surface and underground porphyry copper mine located in San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona.
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.
C. S. Fly's image of miner George Warren first appeared in Souvenir of Bisbee published in 1900. Fly's caption was, "Discoverer of the Copper Queen Mine." The presence of copper ore in the Mule Mountains of southeast Arizona may have been known as early as 1876, but the first mining claim was filed on August 2, 1877. [4]
Darling Cinder Pit is a cinder pit mine near Winona, Arizona.It was named in honor of William B. Darling, a local railroad engineer. [1]The mine is located near Cinder Mountain, a Tappan age basaltic cinder cone north east of Winona [2] In 1985 it was noted that the pit was the largest cinder-producing site in Arizona, with Arizona having the highest cinder production of any state in the US. [3]
According to the United States Geological Survey, Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc., produced in excess of 19 million pounds of U3O8 from seven mines through the 1980s. The reason for uranium exploration and uranium mining in northern Arizona , during a period of low yellowcake price, was the high grade and compact nature of the uranium mineralization ...