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For the current community called Tyrone in Grant County, see Tyrone, New Mexico.
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Tyrone
Ghost town
Tyrone, New Mexico (May 1940).
Tyrone, New Mexico (May 1940).
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Grant
Established 1915
Founded by Phelps Dodge Corporation
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Native Copper specimen from the Tyrone Mine

Tyrone is a ghost town located in Grant County, New Mexico, United States, in the southwestern part of the state.

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Tyrone was an elaborately planned community financed by the Phelps Dodge Corporation, based on Mediterranean and European styles, designed by well-known architect Bertram Goodhue and built in 1915 at a cost of more than a million dollars. A drop in copper prices in 1921 closed the mines and the town was deserted. The townsite was later destroyed as part of Phelps Dodge's development of the Tyrone open-pit copper mine, which began operation in 1969.

  • Reveille 68th Inf. Brigade Tyrone NM 1918

    Field camp of the 68th Infantry Brigade, 34th Division in Tyrone, NM (May 1918).

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