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The Safford Mine is an open-pit copper mine located in Graham County, Arizona, eight miles (13 km) north of the city of Safford. The mine is owned and operated by Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold. Construction on the Safford mine began in mid-2006. Production began December 26, 2007, with full production started in 2008.〔("Safford Mine Tops 5 Million Pounds of Copper in First Month" ) - Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold - (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document)〕 It is the first new large-scale copper mining project in Arizona in more than 30 years.〔("Renzi Pleased to See Safford Land Exchange Completed" ) - Congressman Rick Renzi (AZ – 1) - U.S. House of Representatives (c/o House.gov) - September 20, 2005〕 In September 2005, as part of the deal, Phelps Dodge (which was subsequently purchased by Freeport-McMoran) transferred of "environmentally sensitive" land to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and purchased , located next to where the mine is located, from the BLM.〔〔Stockton, Lindsey. ("Officials glad land exchange is complete" ) - ''Eastern Arizona Courier'' - September 28, 2005〕 The mine composes two porphyry copper deposits (the San Juan and Dos Pobres copper ore bodies) that have leachable oxide and secondary sulfide mineralization. Freeport-McMoran estimates that it will remove 205 to 240 million pounds of copper from the deposits annually between 2008 and 2011.〔(Safford Mine ) - Freeport-McMoRan〕 The area where the mine is located is at an average elevation of . The mine is served by a branch of the Arizona Eastern Railway. ==See also== * Copper mining in Arizona 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Safford Mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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