Superior
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town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pinal
- Mayor
- Mila Besich-Lira.
- Total
- 1.96 sq mi (5.08 km )
- Land
- 1.96 sq mi (5.08 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,890 ft (880 m)
- Density
- 1,226.3/sq mi (473.48/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( MST (no DST ))
- Fips code
- 04-71300
- Website
- www .superioraz .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Superior (Western Apache: Yooʼ Łigai) is a town in northern Pinal County, Arizona, United States, and is the oldest town in the county. According to the 2020 census, the population of the town was 2,407. Superior was founded as a mining town for the Silver King and the later Magma mines; silver was mined at first, and then transitioned to copper. Currently, exploitation of the huge Resolution Copper deposit is being explored.
History
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