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Bagdad Copper mine - Arizona

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-naarz-00007

Date

2017-10-24

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. The town of Bagdad, Arizona was built as a company town to house mine workers. Astronaut photograph was acquired on March 1, 2007 from the International Space Station (ISS).