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Asarco Mineral Discovery Center
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Michele & Paul
April 20, 2021
You can take a photo by the big hauler and take a tour of the mine. Something fun to do and you can learn about copper mining in Arizona.
Christie & Clint
February 28, 2022
Tour the Asarco Copper Mine. Can combine with trip to Titan missile museum or Mission San Xavier.
Karoleana
September 19, 2022
(6.8 miles) The ASARCO Mineral Discovery Center offers mine tours, school programs, and exhibits. Due to a staffing shortage. Mine tours have a special schedule. Please call for the most recent updates. THE INDOOR EXHIBITS You enter the exhibit pod through a model of a ball mill similar to the actual mills that grind copper ore into powder at the nearby Mission mine. Exhibits 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. THE OUTDOOR EXHIBITS A growing collection of historic mining equipment is located on the grounds of the Mineral Discovery Center. The equipment helps tell the story of mining from the perspective of the size of the tools that were used in the past. The centerpiece of the collection is a wooden head frame built in the early 1900’s. One of the largest trucks on display is our Komatsu 830-E with a loading capacity 240 tons! Also on display are two retired haul trucks that carried only 75 and 170 tons of material. The largest trucks now used at ASARCO can carry up to 400 tons!
(6.8 miles) The ASARCO Mineral Discovery Center offers mine tours, school programs, and exhibits. Due to a staffing shortage. Mine tours have a special schedule. Please call for the most recent updates. THE INDOOR EXHIBITS You enter the exhibit pod through a model of a ball mill similar to the act…
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Ubicación
1421 W Pima Mine Rd
Sahuarita, AZ