| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Copper mining |
| Founded | 1872 |
| Founder | E. B. Ward and William Church |
| Defunct | 1917 |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | United States |
Key people | William E. Dodge, Jr., Daniel Willis James, James Douglas |
| Products | Copper |
| Parent | Phelps Dodge after 1897. Freeport-McMoRan after 2007. |
The Detroit Copper Mining Company was an American copper mining and smelting operation based in Morenci, Arizona. Incorporated in July 1872, it existed as an independent company until 1897, when a controlling interest in the company was purchased by the predecessor of the Phelps Dodge Corporation. It continued to exist as a subsidiary of Phelps Dodge & Co until 1917, when all Phelps Dodge operations in the area were consolidated into the new Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci Branch.