Mine · Cochise County, Arizona, United States
Copper Queen Branch
Copper Queen Branch is an idle mine in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, owned by Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cochise County | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Idle (nonproducing) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | copper (mainly copper) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Freeport-McMoRan Inc (controls the operator) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Freeport-McMoRan Inc | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Employees | 16 people (annual average, in 2025) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Mine type | Surface | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 31.4244, -109.8942 | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this mine and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its permits, resources and offtake, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow its owner compares
Freeport-McMoRan Inc owns 11 of the 2,675 mines in the United States in our data with a named owner; 24 owners have more. Counts cover the mines in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Owner in United States | Rank | Mines | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc | 1st | 56 | 2.1% |
| Sev.en Global Investments a.s. | 2nd | 50 | 1.9% |
| Rosebud Mining Company | 3rd | 40 | 1.5% |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Metinvest B V | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Freeport-McMoRan Inc | 25th | 11 | 0.41% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this mine: 55 water rights, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper water right 36-019512.0001 | Water right | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Lower water right 36-019513.0001 | Water right | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Grassy Hill Drainage water right 36-019514.0001 | Water right | — | — | 7.2 km |
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Data on this page
- Arizona Department of Water Resources water rights (surface water filings and irrigation grandfathered rights). Arizona Department of Water Resources water rights (surface water filings and irrigation grandfathered rights), Restricted.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.