Bagdad mine

The Bagdad Mine is a large copper mine located in Arizona, in the southwestern part of the United States.

Bagdad represents one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world, having estimated reserves of 873.6 million tonnes of ore grading 0.36% copper.

[1] It is located in Yavapai County, Arizona, just west of the company town of Bagdad.

Copper is produced from chalcopyrite and molybdenum from molybdenite.

Copper oxides include chrysocolla, malachite and azurite.

Malachite on quartz-chrysocolla from Bagdad Mine