Name: Bagdad mine.
Location: Arizona, in the US.
Holding and Controlling Company: Freeport McMoRan.
Brief Description: Bagdad is an openpit copper and molybdenum mining complex.
Brief History: First claims were staked at the Bagdad mine in 1882. Property changed ownership numerous times through the first half of the twentieth century. The first mill to process ore from the underground mine started to operate in 1928.
The transition to openpit mining began in 1945.
Products: Copper and molybdenum.
Geology/Mineralisation: The Bagdad mine is a porphyry copper deposit containing sulphide and oxide mineralisation. Chalcopyrite and molybdenite are the dominant primary sulphides and are the primary economic minerals in the mine. Chalcocite is the most common secondary copper sulphide mineral and the predominant oxide copper minerals are chrysocolla, malachite and azurite.
Reserves: Total proven and probable reserves as at December 31, 2016, were estimated at 1.24-million tons grading 0.23% copper and 0.02% molybdenum.
Mining Method: Openpit.
Major Infrastructure and Equipment: The Bagdad operation includes a 75 000 t/d concentrator that produces copper and molybdenum concentrates, a solvent extraction/electrowinning plant that can produce up to 32-million pounds a year of copper cathode from solution generated by low-grade stockpile leaching, and a pressure leach plant to process molybdenum concentrates.
Prospects: None stated.
Contact Person: Director investor relations David Joint.
Contact Details:
Freeport McMoRan
Tel +1 602 366 8400
Email ir@fmi.com
Website https://www.fcx.com