Data / Mines / Arizona / Copper Queen Branch
Copper Queen Branch: 1 MSHA citation
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Copper Queen Branch is a nonproducing copper ore surface mine in Cochise County, Arizona, operated by Phelps Dodge Corp with 10 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0201656). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 1 citation and orders there with $147 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0201656
- Status
- NonProducing since March 12, 2026
- Main commodity
- Copper ore
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Cochise County, Arizona
- Nearest town
- Bisbee
- Operator
- Phelps Dodge Corp
- Parent company
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc
- Employees
- 10
- MSHA field office
- Mesa South AZ Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 1
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $147
- Amount paid so far
- $147
- Inspections
- 10
- Inspector hours on site
- 74
- Citations per inspection
- 0.10 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 24, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 1 ($143 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | $147 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Copper Queen Branch
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.4130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Copper Queen Branch
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Copper Queen Branch describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Other open mines in Cochise County, Arizona
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNF Crushing 4 | Fnf Construction Inc | Cochise County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 12 | 35 |
| Gunnison & Johnson Camp Mines | Gunnison Copper | Cochise County, AZ | Copper ore | 42 | 18 |
| Klump Pit | Klump Materials | Cochise County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 17 |
| Babacomari Ranch Plant | Empire Homes Inc | Cochise County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 16 |
| Wash Plant | Willcox Rock & Sand Inc | Cochise County, AZ | Sand, industrial | 4 | 9 |
| Outerspace Pit | Willcox Rock & Sand Inc | Cochise County, AZ | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 9 |
| Texas Canyon Rock & Sand | Texas Canyon Rock & Sand | Cochise County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 8 |
| Fisher Industries Plant 2 | Fisher Sand & Gravel Company | Cochise County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 8 |
| Hayhook LLC DBA Hayhook Sand and Gravel | Sierra Mining and Crushing LLC | Cochise County, AZ | Crushed, broken stone | 5 | 6 |
| Portec 48cone Crusher | Maddux & Sons Inc | Cochise County, AZ | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 6 |
| Shelton Pit | Sun Cor Underground Inc. | Cochise County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 6 |
| Hayhook Plant | Kramme Construction LLC | Cochise County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 6 |
| Cemex-Sierra Vista | Cemex Construction Materials South LLC | Cochise County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 5 |
| Emerald Pit | Aztec Minerals America | Cochise County, AZ | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 5 |
| Mine #5 | Superstition Crushing L.L.C. | Cochise County, AZ | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 4 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.