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Bingham Canyon

Plant in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129805
MRDS ID DC14257
MAS/MILS ID 0490350003
Record type Deposit
Current site name Bingham Canyon
Alternate or previous names Bingham Open Pit
Related records 10020913

Comments on the site identification

  • **** SEE ADDITIONAL RECORDS FOR DEPOSIT INFO:BINGNHAM OPEN PIT MINE- DEPOSIT ID 10069296CARR FORK MINE- DEPOSIT ID 10041786NORTH ORE SHOOT EXTENSION- DEPOSIT ID 10276611

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.1458, 40.52074 (WGS84)
Elevation 1828
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003 S 003 W 35 N2 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2
Model code 58
USGS model code 18a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Mark3 model number 9

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.1458, 40.52074
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 800M
    Length 3500M
    Width 2500M
    Area 2600HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip S00W:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2600
    Date of Last Modification 970116

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1887
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 2009
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation
Production years 1904-2009

Mining district

District name West Mountain

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rtz-Cra Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office United Kingdom
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
  • Type Operator
    Owner Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. (Sub Of Rtz)
    Home office Utah
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner RIO TINTO

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Description 0.617% Cu 29500000 Metric Tons Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Description 0.600% Cu 32600000 Metric Tons Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Description 0.586% Cu 34300000 Metric Tons Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Description 0.575% Cu 28600000 Metric Tons Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Description 0.582% Cu 35400000 Metric Tons Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Ore mined 33454800mt
    Description Copper Produced 169877 Mt Cu Produced From Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Primary Copper Copper 169877mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Ore mined 30218500mt
    Description Copper Produced 151881 Mt Cu Produced From Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Primary Copper Copper 151881mt 1g/mt
  • Year 1984
    Ore mined 19925100mt
    Description Copper Produced 110002 Mt Cu Produced From Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Primary Copper Copper 110002mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1985
    Material (Mine Closed 9/85)
    Ore mined 2398800mt
    Description Grade Of Ore Mined: 0.748% Cu 2398800 Mt Ore (Mine Closed 9/85)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Primary Copper Copper 14904mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1986
    Material Mine Reopened 9/86
    Ore mined 403600mt
    Description Grade Of Ore Mined: 0.712% Cu 403600 Mt Ore Mine Reopened 9/86
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Primary Copper Copper 1942mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1987
    Ore mined 21271100mt
    Description Copper Produced 122695 Mt Cu Produced From Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Primary Copper Copper 122695mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Description Grade Of Ore Mined: 0.687% Cu 31789400 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Description Copper Produced 179462 Mt Cu Produced From Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 179462mt
  • Year 1989
    Description Grade Of Ore Mined: 0.66% Cu 36778000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Description Copper Produced 229700 Mt Cu Produced From Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 0.22mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Copper Produced 236100 Mt Cu Produced From Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 236100mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Grade Of Ore Mined: 0.67% Cu 37505000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Description Grade Of Ore Mined: 0.65% Cu 38785000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Description Copper Produced 236500 Mt Cu Produced From Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 236500mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Grade Of Ore Mined: 0.62% Cu 49465000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1992
    Description Copper Produced 288700 Mt Cu Produced From Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 288700mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Grade Of Ore Mined: 0.63% Cu 51493000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1993
    Description Copper Production 307000 Mt Cu Produced From Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 307000mt
  • Year 1995
    Description Copper Production 307500 Mt In Cons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 307500mt
  • Year 1995
    Description Ore Treated 50986000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1995
    Description Silver Production 4376000 Tr Oz/Yr Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 136108832.85g
  • Year 1995
    Description Gold Production 525000 Tr Oz/Yr Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 16329327.52g
  • Year 1995
    Description Moly Production 10800 Mt In Cons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Molybdenum Molybdenum 10800mt
  • Year 1996
    Description Ore Treated 51102000 Mt
  • Year 1996
    Description Copper Produced 297700 Mt In Cons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 297700mt
  • Year 1996
    Description Gold Produced 615000 Tr Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 19128640.81g
  • Year 1996
    Description Moly Produced 11200 Mt In Cons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Molybdenum Molybdenum 11200mt
  • Year 1996
    Description Silver Produced 4739000 Tr Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 147399396.45g

Comments on the production information

  • RESERVES AS OF 112/31/96; PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE: 1979-1981 PRODUCTION DATA FROM STD OIL (OHIO) SEC FORM 10-K 1982 - 1988 PRODUCTION FROM U S BUMINES PROD. STATISTICS MINE SHUTDOWN TEMPORARILY IN MAR 1985; THEN REOPENED IN THE FALL OF 1986.
  • Annual Production

    Metal in concentrates: 265,600t Cu, 16,800t Mo, 523,000oz Au and 4.2Moz Ag (2006)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 1088000000mt ore
    Total resources 1088000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.39 g/mt Gold Minor 1994
    Copper Cu 0.59 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Silver Ag 2.97 g/mt Silver Minor 1994
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.45 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 1021000000mt ore
    Total resources 1021000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.39 g/mt Gold Minor 1994
    Copper Cu 0.59 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Silver Ag 2.97 g/mt Silver Minor 1994
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.027 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 967000000mt ore
    Total resources 967000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.37 g/mt Gold Minor 1996
    Copper Cu 0.59 wt-pct Copper Major 1996
    Silver Ag 2.97 g/mt Silver Minor 1996
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.027 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 1492000000mt ore
    Total resources 1492000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.24 g/mt Gold Minor 1996
    Copper Cu 0.59 wt-pct Copper Major 1996
    Silver Ag 1.88 g/mt Silver Minor 1996
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.017 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 903000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.36 g/mt Gold Minor 1997
    Copper Cu 0.59 wt-pct Copper Major 1997
    Silver Ag 2.85 g/mt Silver Minor 1997
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.027 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QUANTITY-GRADE MATRIX 2 IS LOW GRADE COPPER ORE (LESS THAN 0.4%) THAT IS PLACED ON LEACH DUMPS AT RATE OF 45,000 MTPD: QUANT. BASED ON FOLLOWING: 18.6-YR. MINE LIFE X ABOVE PRODUCTION RATE X 350 OPERATING DAYS PER YEAR. M9C5=M2C1 M9C4=M1C1.
  • Reserve Base

    960,000,000 tons grading 0.54% copper, 0.32g/t gold, 0.043% molybdenum and 2.59g/t silver (2005)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 733HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .75
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 12
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 37
    Capacity 144205
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.61
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1994

Comments on other economic factors

  • MILL TRANS COST FOR CONCENTRATE SLURRY FROM COPPERTON CONC TO SMELTER INCLUDED IN MILL OP. COSTS. BONNEVILLE/MAGNA SLURRY TRANS COST INCLUDED IN MILL OP. COSTS.

Comments on development

  • From: http://www.ritchiewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Bingham_Canyon_Mine
    The underground mining boom in Bingham Canyon lasted through the 1870s and 1880s. By the early 1890s, the miners had exhausted the canyon?s supply of rich, oxidized pockets of gold, silver and copper carbonates. These ores could be smelted immediately, with no need for prior concentration. Low grade, unoxidized sulfides were all that remained?but mining those ores was not economical. In 1898, engineers Daniel Jackling and Robert Gemmell invented a new method of mining and milling that would revolutionize metal mining: flotation separation. This technique was based on the theory that oil-covered mineral particles would adhere to oil bubbles. The process of flotation separation involved mixing finely ground ores with an oily substance, then agitating and aerating this slurry in tanks. While mineral particles stuck to the rising bubbles, non-mineralized rock would fall to the bottom and be discarded. In 1903 Jackling established the Utah Copper Co. and erected a mill at Bingham Canyon with a capacity of 300 tons per day. In 1906, he began using steam shovels, making this the first mechanized open-pit mine in the U.S. He built a second mill in which to run a large-scale floatation separation operation; it turned out to be very successful.Due to the low cost flotation separation method, the mill was able to produce a concentrate containing 23 percent copper and byproduct metals (such as gold and silver). Flotation separation caught on across the country, although Bingham Canyon experienced the fastest growth rate. In 1912 an estimated 65 percent of the workers and residents in the canyon were immigrants. Distinct communities based on ethnicity began to form. By the 1920s, an ethnically diverse group of more than 15,000 people populated the canyon. In 1926, a purpose-built mining town called Copperton was built at the mouth of the canyon. In 1930, Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. purchased the mine property and began to expand the operation. The success of this expansion was evidenced in World War II, when the mine supplied more than one-third of the copper used by the Allied Forces.In the 1980s, the huge mine employed nearly 8,000 people. While 2,500 were responsible for drilling and blasting 370,000 tons of rock every day, 5,200 had the task of hauling, concentrating, smelting, and refining the product. The mine produced was 300,000 tons of pure copper annually. At the same time, Bingham Canyon was beginning to experience major competition from foreign copper producers that were able to supply the product for a fraction of the cost. In 1982, when copper prices dropped sharply, Bingham Canyon lost money and operations ceased for the first time since the mine's establishment. Kennecott Utah Copper Corp., recognizing that the mine still yielded a valuable product, invested $1.5 billion over the next decade to upgrade the mine, concentrator, smelter, and refineries in an effort to increase the operation's competitiveness. The mine is now recognized as one of the safest, cleanest, and most efficient in the world.
  • From: http://www.ritchiewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Bingham_Canyon_Mine
    Today, the mining of chalcopyrite, or copper iron sulfide, is done in steps, causing the mine to resemble an inverted pyramid.Explosives are used to loosen the ore contained in the rocks. Holes measuring 55 feet (17 m) deep and 12 inches (30.5 cm) in diameter are made with rotary drills and packed with half-ton loads of explosives. Once detonation has occurred, electric shovels move the huge resulting piles of rubble into 240- to 320-ton rock trucks. Some shovels are capable of lifting almost 100 tons of rock in a single scoop. The rock trucks haul the ore to an on-site crusher and then five-mile (8-km) long conveyor transports the ore to the Copperton concentrator. After arriving at the Copperton concentrator, the ore is ground by steel balls in massive mills and then concentrated using the flotation separation process. The resultant 28 percent copper concentrate is moved in a slurry pipeline to the smelter, which is located 17 miles (27.4 km) away.At the smelter, a large rotating dryer is used to dry the slurry. Next, the slurry is separated into three products in the flash smelting furnace: sulfur-rich gases; a mixture of silica and iron known as slag; and copper matte, which is 70 percent copper. Once cooled, the copper matte is crushed and put in a flash converting furnace. This furnace removes most of the impure particles to produce blister, a molten copper that is approximately 98 percent pure. Anode furnaces are used for further refining. The copper is cast in plates called anodes, which are 99.6 percent copper and weigh about 700 pounds (317.5 kg). An acid solution and an electric current are used to remove remaining impurities and produce 99.99 percent pure copper. The operators of the Bingham Canyon mine thought they would have to use block cave mining to obtain copper from the mine after 2012. This would have required an investment of more than $1 billion in new infrastructure and the mine was slated for closure. Block cave mining entails digging tunnels under the ore body, forcing ore to fall either by the force of gravity or blasting.Instead, in 2005, Rio Tinto committed $170 million to a major mine expansion project known as the East 1 Pushback, which will extend the open-pit mine 600 feet to the east and keep it operational until at least 2013. Before the ore-rich zone is reached, approximately 1,700 vertical feet (518 m) of rock will be excavated.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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    mining-technology.com is a product of SPG Media Limited Copyright 2009 SPG Media Limited, a subsidiary of SPG Media Group PLC

  • Production

    FACT BOOK 1997, THE RTZ CORP. PLC CRA LIMITED, P30.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESERVES

  • Reserve-Resource

    RTZ CORP.PLC SEC FRM 20-F, DEC. 31, 1993. PP. 12 & 13.

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    R REC 3 COMPANY DATA GIVEN DURING SITE VISIT SEPT. 1994.

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    RTZ CORP PLC CRA LIMITED 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, FORM 20-F,PP.16, 17.

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    RTZ-CRA 1996 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F, PP. 17-18.

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY - MAGAZINE ARTICLES

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    CORFIELD, R.J., ET AL, 1953, ELECTRICAL AMD METALLURGICAL IMPROVEMENTS AT KENNECOTTS UTAH COPPER DIV. MILLS, MIN.ENGR., PP. 274-6.

  • Deposit

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  • Deposit

    KCC NOW IN FINAL PHASE OF UTAH EXPANSION PROGRAM, 1967, ENG. AND MIN. J., VOL. 168, NO. 6, PP. 142-44.

  • Deposit

    KENNECOTT GIVEN PATENT FOR PROCESS UPPING COPPER EXTRACTION FROM DUMPS, JULY 11, 1967, AM. METAL MKT., P.1.

  • Deposit

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  • Deposit

    KENNECOTT STARTS UP TAILING TREATMENT PLANTS, JULY 17, 1971 SKILLINGS MIN. REV., V. 60, N 29, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    LARGE TRUCK ENGINES, JUNE,1970, MIN.CON.J., V.56,N.5,PP.22-5

  • Deposit

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  • Deposit

    STEMMING MACHINE SAVES KENNECOTT TIME AND MONEY IN BLASTING OPERATIONS. MIN. ENGR. MAG., DEC., 1976, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    UTAH COPPER DIV. USE OF PRECIPITATION CONES, AUG.19, 1967,

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, V.56, NO.33, PP.26-7.

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY - BOOKS AND SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS

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    BOUTWELL, J M, 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS PROF. PAPER 38, 413 PP.

  • Deposit

    BRAY, R E, AND JOHN C WILSON, (EDS), 1975, GUIDEBOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DIST, SOC. OF ECON. GEOL., 156 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D R (ED.), 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DIST. NORTHERN OQUIRRH MTNS,UTAH, GEOL.SOC.GUIDBOOK,NO.16,P49-71

  • Deposit

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  • Deposit

    OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA, U. OF ARIZONA PRESS, TUCSON, PP. 166-75.

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, ALEXANDER, MOLYBDENUM AND RHENIUM RECOVERY FROM PORPHYRY COPPERS. 1970, PP. 95-102.

  • Deposit

    KENNECOTT 1977 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    PUBLICATIONS DATED AFTER 1977

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    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL. KEEPING EQUIPMENT ON LINE AND AVAILABLE, SEP. 1980, PP. 70-75.

  • Deposit

    PAYDIRT MAGAZINE (NEW MEXICO EDITION). KENNECOTT CONVERTING BINGHAM CANYON ORE HAULAGE TO TRUCKS, FEB. 1983, P. 18A.

  • Deposit

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    BP MINERALS AMERICA CORPORATION. A NEW BEGINNING (BINGHAMCANYON FACT SHEET), 1989, 8 PP.

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    KENNECOTT CORPORATION, UTAH COPPER DIVISION. COPPERTON CONCENTRATOR, 1988, 21 PP.

  • Deposit

    MAIO, T. S. & A. G. MOON. STARTUP OF KENNECOTT'S COPPERTON CONCENTRATOR. SME ANNUAL MEETING, LAS VEGAS, NV, FEB. 27- MAR. 2, 1989, (PREPRINT NO. 89-169), 17 PP.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGR. MAGAZINE. BP MINERALS COMPLETES $400 MILLION MODERNIZATION AT BINGHAM CANYON. NOV 1988, PP. 1017-1030.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS, D. N. BP MINERALS AMERICA MARKS COMPLETION OF BINGHAM CANYON MODERNIZATION SEPT. 23. SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, OCT. 29, 1988, PP. 4-7.

  • Deposit

    SUTTILL, K. R. EXCELLENCE AND STYLE. ENGR. & MINING J., AUG. 1989, PP. 32-36.

  • Deposit

    BP AMERICA, 1987 ANNUAL REPORT, P.59.

  • Deposit

    MOON, AMTHONY G., COPPERTON CONCENTRATOR GRINDING CIRCUIT DESIGN, SKILLINGS', 8/26/89, P.4-7.

  • Deposit

    PAY DIRT, 7/88, P.4A,5A.

  • Deposit

    ARTICLES FOR THE YEARS 1990-1994

  • Deposit

    CARTER, RUSSELL A., KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER MODERNIZATION PAYS OFF, REPRINT FROM ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1/90,6 PP.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, KENNECOTT EXPANSION, 1/12/90, P.37.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS', KENNECOTT TO FURTHER EXPAND AT UTAH COPPER,1/13/90, P.8.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, KENNECOTT TO EXPAND UTAH COPPER OPERATION, 2/90, P.88.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, KENNECOTT ANNOUNCES PLANS TO EXPAND ITS UTAH COPPER OPERATION, 2/7/90, P.5.

  • Deposit

    GOLDBERG, GARY J. AND REAM, BRUCE P., TOTAL STATION SURVEYING AT BINGHAM CANYON, MINING ENGINEERING, 4/90, P.339,340

  • Deposit

    MULLON, DAVID A. JR., SNUGGLING WITH THE ENEMY, CLEMENTINE,WINTER, 1991, P.7.

  • Deposit

    STEVENSON, T.A., LETTER TO JANICE JOLLEY DATED JUNE 19, 1992

  • Deposit

    DETAILING BINGHAM CANYON RESERVES REPORTED IN RTZ CORP. 1991 FORM 20-F REPORT.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS, D.N., KENNECOTT NOW OPERATING FOURTH GRINDING LINE AT COPPERTON CONCENTRATOR, 4/18/92, P.4-7.

  • Deposit

    ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, KENNECOTT, EPA AND STATE REACH AGREEMENT ON CLEANUP PLAN, 5/92, P.28A.

  • Deposit

    HAZARDOUS WASTE CONSULTANT, CASE: STATE OF UTAH V. KENNECOTT CORPORATION, MARCH/APRIL, 1993, P.3.12.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, KENNECOTT AWARDS CONTRACT FOR BINGHAM CANYON MINE, V 105/N 15, P.13.

  • Deposit

    KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER, EPA MINE WASTE REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT JULY 8, 1993, 27PP PLUS TABLES AND FIGURES.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON MAY BECOME A SUPERFUND, 9/13/93, P.11.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, MORRISON KNUDSEN LANDS PACT FOR KENNECOTT TAILINGS PROJECT, 3/28/94, P.4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. (Sub Of Rtz) — now part of Subsidiary of Rio Tinto (1989)
    Operating subsidiary of Rio Tinto since 1989.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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