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The Ray mine is a large copper mine in Pinal County, Arizona, near the town of Kearny, in the southwestern United States. ASARCO, a subsidiary of Grupo México, currently owns the mine, which it acquired from Kennecott Copper in 1986.[1]

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The Ray mine has one of the largest copper reserves in the United States, with proven and probable reserves of 835.7 million tonnes (822,500,000 long tons; 921,200,000 short tons) of ore grading 1.73% copper, as of December 31, 2018.[2][3][4] Copper from the Ray mine goes to the Hayden Smelter.

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Old specimen of native copper (2.2 cm × 2.2 cm × 1.2 cm (0.87 in × 0.87 in × 0.47 in)) from Ray mine. Large "sail" at left is a spinel twin.
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