| Deposit ID | 10008465 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D000641 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Cu |
| Alternate or previous names | Bingham Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.1508, 40.51661 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | IN EAST CENTRAL OQUIRRH MTNS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bingham Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jordan(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| Rock unit name | Bingham Mine Formation; Quartzite, Limestone;Butterfield Formation; Quartzite | ||
| Rock description | Bingham Mine Formation; Quartzite, Limestone;Butterfield Formation; Quartzite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -112.1508, 40.51661 |
|---|
| General form | PLAN VIEW-ISOSCELES TRIANGLE |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1863 |
| Year of first production | 1874 |
| District name | West Min. Dist. |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Copper Corp. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 1800HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D000641 |
PETERS, W., ET AL, 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, UTAH: GEOLOGY OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
PETERS, W., ETAL., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, UTAH: GEOLOGY OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
1903 DIREXPL UTAH COPPER CO.
1915 DIREXPL KENNECOTT COPPER CORP.
R.B. TAYLOR AND R.U. KING
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1974 | King, Robert U. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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