United Verde Open-Pit Copper Mine, Jerome, Arizona. The principal ore was copper, but gold, silver, and manganese, were also mined. Unlike most copper mines in Arizona, the United Verde is hosted in a Proterozoic volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit that formed on and in ancient oceanic crust. For an excellent article on the history of mining in Jerome: History of the Verde Mining District, Jerome, Arizona - http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1877 .
Photographer: Mike Conway
Photo Date: April 2018
Latitude: 34.7551833333
Longitude: -112.121011111
Photo Location Accuracy: Known Location
Photo Tags: Jerome, VMS, copper, United Verde Mine, Freeport-McMoRan 
