Located south of Tucson, the Asarco mine is in operation and has one of the largest « open pit » in the region.
In a semi-arid landscape, every night brings a flood of color to the often spectacular suns of coated and always unique.
OHMI Pima County was created on 1 January 2014 by the Institute Ecology and Environment and the Institute of Human and Social Sciences of the CNRS.
At the end of a dirt road, the mountainside site of the future Rosemont mine will be located in the Santa Rita mountains, 1h30 south of Tucson.
OHMI Pima County was created on 1 January 2014 by the Institute Ecology and Environment and the Institute of Human and Social Sciences of the CNRS.