While we would love to take credit for the idea of overlaying Faraday Copper’s grand plan map over the actual terrain, we cannot. This overlay was created internally by BLM and obtained via the FOIA request.
Did we mention that this is a Canadian company using free Arizona water to mine copper and ship it to Asia? We did? Good.
Below, we have created interactive maps (slide the arrow left or right) that show how the mine will impact well-known landmarks in the area. (We used Google Maps to show the area as it is currently). Just grab the slider to see what it looks like now to what the Canadians have in mind for it.
Below is the area of the Copper Creek Dam and the camping area near the large cottonwoods, which now will become a “Waste Rock Dump”!
Here is the intersection of Copper Creek Road and Rug Road including the campsite. It is now Faraday’s process plant. This will also indicate the beginning of (private) mine property, ending public access to points further.
The area below, known for the “Buddha”, will become part of the larger open pit.
The area below called “Sister Ryland’s” or “Sister Bourne’s” will now become a SXEW plant. You can read all about “Sister” here. What is SXEW you say? Solvent Extraction and Electrowinning. Sounds like a great process to do next to a creek that feeds into the San Pedro River. The HLF just to the northwest, that’s a Heap Leach Facility, sounds fun.
This section near Rug Road will house 2 explosives facilities. Oh Joy!
Oh! Here’s a good one. The valley just south of Sister’s homestead, you know, the valley with Copper Creek at the bottom. Well Faraday wants to fill that valley with tailings to an elevation of 1200 m (3937 ft). DTSF = Dry Stack Tailing Facility.
Here is an overlay we created. It shows the locations of the various pit mines Faraday proposes.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS AVAILABLE:
- Download a high resolution image (24Mb) of the map with mine-plan overlay
- Access a Google Earth KMZ file, which includes:
- Faraday’s 2022-2023 already-drilled holes
- Proposed phase-3 drill holes
- Overlays of Faraday’s overall mine-plan and seven planned pit mines
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