Mine detail: Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Cu

Previously called 'Bingham Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.51661, -112.1508

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver
Ore:	Molybdenite
Orebody form:	PLAN VIEW-ISOSCELES TRIANGLE
Discovery year:	1863

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1874

Geology

Host rock:	Bingham Mine Formation; Quartzite, Limestone;Butterfield Formation; Quartzite
Host type:	Granite

References

MRDS	D000641
DEP	10008465
Reference	{Deposit:: PETERS, W., ET AL, 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, UTAH: GEOLOGY OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA}{Deposit:: PETERS, W., ETAL., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, UTAH: GEOLOGY OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA}{Deposit:: 1903 DIREXPL UTAH COPPER CO.}{Deposit:: 1915 DIREXPL KENNECOTT COPPER CORP.}{Reserve-Resource:: R.B. TAYLOR AND R.U. KING}
Reporter	King, Robert U.