Freeport McMoRan Morenci Mine

USA / Arizona / Morenci /

copper mine, open-pit mine, hydrometallurgical plant

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One of the largest producers of copper in North America.

www.fcx.com/operations/USA_Arizona_Morenci.htm

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Coordinates: 33°4'40"N 109°21'29"W

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OneShot

Correction, the biggest open pit mine on Earth is the Hull Rust Mahoning Iron Mine in Hibbing Minnesota. No hole on earth has had more earth removed or more mineral extracted, period!

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Black Hills 20 km
Hell Hole Wilderness 33 km
Dos Cabezas Mountains 96 km
Lordsburg Playa (Dry, pleistocene era lake) 97 km
Kansas Settlement 117 km
Chiricahua National Monument 118 km
Chiricahua Mountains 127 km
Cochise County 133 km
Hidalgo County, New Mexico 135 km
Coyote Hills 144 km

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