Last updated: 6/21/2011
Sahuarita, Arizona
Address
1421 W. Pima Mine Rd.
Sahuarita, AZ 85629
phone: 520-625-7513
e-mail: amdcinfo@asarco.com
web: www.mineraldiscovery.com

Hours

Discovery Center Summer Hours of Operation Begining May 31st:
Tuesday - Friday
9 AM - 3 PM
Saturday
9 AM - 5 PM
Sunday - Monday
closed
Tours Saturday ONLY: 9:30A.M., 11:00 A.M., 12:30 P.M., 2:00 P.M., 3:30 P.M. (Please call for reservation)

Admissions

Theater & Garden - Free Mine Tour prices: $ 8.00 Adults $ 6.00 Seniors (62+ years) $ 5.00 Children (5-12 years) Free Children (0-4 years)

Museum Type(s)

Staff

Sandra Elizondo
phone: 520-625-0879
Description

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.

Mission

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.

History

Opened in February of 1997, the Asarco Mineral Discovery Center is designed to convey the vital importance of mining in our civilization. Everything that we use everyday was somehow extracted from the earth -- either by farming or by mining, and "if it can't be grown, it has to be mined."

Services
Gift Shop
ADA
Wheelchair Accessible
Exhibitions
Museum Events
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