ASARCO Mineral Discovery Center & Mine Tours

The ASARCO Mineral Discovery Center shall communicate the vital importance of the mining industry in our civilization, educate students and teachers in the earth sciences, and preserve part of the mining history of Arizona, and the Western United Sta...

Learn More View Catalog

About ASARCO Mineral Discovery Center & Mine Tours


About Us About Us
About Us About Us

The ASARCO Mineral Discovery Center shall communicate the vital importance of the mining industry in our civilization, educate students and teachers in the earth sciences, and preserve part of the mining history of Arizona, and the Western United States.

The ASARCO Mineral Discovery Center offers mine tours, school programs, and free exhibits to carry out this vision. The AMDC is supported primarily by gift shop and ticket sales, with additional funding from ASARCO LLC.

Opened in February 1997, the ASARCO Mineral Discovery Center is designed to convey the vital importance of mining in our civilization. Everything that we use every day was somehow extracted from the earth — either by farming or by mining, and “if it can’t be grown, it has to be mined.”

Green Valley Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce
A PROUD MEMBER OF

Green Valley Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce

Scan to access our Mobile App or Click to Save to QR