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Bagdad Open Pit Mine, Bagdad, Arizona

Bagdad Open Pit Mine, Bagdad, Arizona

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. owns the Bagdad copper mine; one of the largest copper resources in the world. Mining here began in 1882 and in 2016 more than 173,000,000 pounds of copper were mined.

Photographer: Mike Conway

Photo Date: circa 2017