Asarco Mineral Discovery Center

1421 W Pima Mine Road
Sahuarita, AZ, 85629
520-625-7513

URL : http://www.mineraldiscovery.com

overview : Features exhibits that illustrate how the natural processes in the earth form copper deposits and how miners extract the copper minerals from the rock to produce 99.99% pure copper metal. - MIne tours include the Mission open-pit copper mine .. at one time five separate mining properties, but over the years, Asarco has combined them into one integrated mining operation. The mine occupies around 20,000 acres of private, State leased, and Native American land.

topics : mining, metalurgy, technology