Phelps Dodge Hidalgo Smelter
This 850-pound copper anode was one of the last anodes produced at the Phelps Dodge Hidalgo Smelter in Hidalgo County, New Mexico from copper concentrate produced at the Morenci Mine in Arizona. The Hidalgo Smelter operated from 1976 to 1999.
Donated to the
Greenlee County Historical Society Museum
in 2006
Marker is on Chase Creek Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
