Mine detail: Bingham Canyon

Previously called 'Bingham Open Pit'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.52074, -112.1458

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
Other material: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Molybdenite, Silver
Discovery year: 1887

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu-Mo
Development status: Plant
Production years: 1904-2009
First production started: 1904
Last production ended: 2009

Geology

References

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ReporterBuckingham, David A.