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Phelps Dodge Safford Project

Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161266
MAS/MILS ID 0040090227
Record type Site
Current site name Phelps Dodge Safford Project
Alternate or previous names Greater Arrowhead Group, Arrowhead Mine, Bryce, Los Pobres, Blm Pat.Claims M S 4579

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.67396, 32.9623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weber Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005 S 026 E 27 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.67396, 32.9623
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Phelps Dodge
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980
  • Type Operator
    Owner Joy Drilling Co
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1962
  • Type Owner
    Owner Arrowhead Mining Co
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPATENTED CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SECTIONS 7,8,17,18,19,21,25,26

  • Deposit

    29,30 AND 31 OF T5S,R26E

  • Deposit

    PATENTED CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SECTIONS 22,23,28,27,26,33,34

  • Deposit

    AND 35 OF T5S,R26E

  • Deposit

    SECTION 21 IS A STATE LEASE T5S,R26E

  • Deposit

    USGS SAFFORD QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR GREATER ARROWHEAD GROUP FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR PHELPS DODGE CORP(SAFFORD BRANCH)ACTIVE FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR SUPERIOR SAFFORD PROPERTY FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS CRIB DATA

  • Deposit

    MSHA

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING CLAIMS LEAD FILE 4003 JULY 1980

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEETS 815 AND 816

  • Deposit

    ADMR DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN AZ P 18

  • Deposit

    TITLEY AND HICKS GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    1966 P 251

  • Deposit

    STATE OF ARIZONA-LAND DEPARTMENT LEASES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Phelps Dodge — acquired by Subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan (2007)
    Acquired by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold in 2007 in what was then the largest mining-industry deal ever (~US$26 B).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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