Bagdad Mine

Useful Information

Location:	At Bagdad.
Open:	By appointment only. [2008]
Fee:	free. [2008]
Classification:	Copper Mine
Light:	n/a
Dimension:	L=2,750 m, W=1,470 m, VR=350 m.
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Address:	Bagdad Mine, Tel: +1-928-633-3490.
As far as we know this information was accurate when it was published (see years in brackets), but may have changed since then. Please check rates and details directly with the companies in question if you need more recent info.

History

1882	first claims staked.
1928	first mill begins operation.
1945	transition to open-pit mining.
1999	acquisitioned by Phelps Dodge.

Geology

The low grade porphyry copper

Description

Bagdad Mine is a working open cast copper mine. It was named after a mining claim, but the modern mine is actually the unification of five different mines. The mine is pretty small, only 2.75 kilometers long and 350 m deep, there are numerous bigger holes in the area. It is owned and operated by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, the worlds largest publicly traded copper company. They also own the bigger Morenci Mine and others. Bagdad was the first mine were they used their proprietary SX-EW process, a sort of small scale experiment.