Detroit Copper Mining Company of Arizona
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The Detroit Copper Mining Company was an American copper mining and smelting operation based in Morenci, Arizona. Incorporated in July 1872, it existed as an independent company until 1897, when a controlling interest in the company was purchased by the predecessor of the Phelps Dodge Corporation. It continued to exist as a subsidiary of Phelps Dodge & Co until 1917, when all Phelps Dodge operations in the area were consolidated into the new Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci Branch.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Copper mining |
Founded | 1872 |
Founder | E. B. Ward and William Church |
Defunct | 1917 |
Headquarters | |
Area served | United States |
Key people | William E. Dodge, Jr., Daniel Willis James, James Douglas |
Products | Copper |
Parent | Phelps Dodge after 1897. Freeport-McMoRan after 2007. |
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