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Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

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Arsenopyrite : FeAsS - (Fe0.90Co0.10)AsS, Quartz : SiO2

Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

Arsenopyrite crystals mixed with milky quartz crystals.

7cm wide x 4.5cm tall. The arsenopyrite crystals are 2 to 2.5cm long overall and the terminations are about 2-3mm wide.

Rick Dalrymple Collection.
Adrienne McElwain Photo.
 © Rockpick Legend Co.Photo ID: 245701    View Count: 25

Arsenopyrite : FeAsS - (Fe0.90Co0.10)AsS, Quartz : SiO2

Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

Arsenopyrite crystals mixed with quartz. The arsenopyrite has a coating of some kind of oxidation.

The arsenopyrite crystals are 2.5 to 3cm tall.

Rick Dalrymple Collection.
Adrienne McElwain Photo.
 © Rockpick Legend Co.Photo ID: 245702    View Count: 16

Bornite : Cu5FeS4, Enargite : Cu3AsS4

Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

Bornite crystals on enargite associated with brochantite, covellite, and pyrite. FOV 1mm. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.
 © Brent Thorne 2009Photo ID: 268430    View Count: 8

Brochantite : Cu4[(OH)6|SO4]

Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

Brochantite crystals on enargite associated with bornite, covellite, and pyrite. FOV 1mm. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.
 © Brent Thorne 2009Photo ID: 268428    View Count: 9

Calcite : CaCO3

Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

A thumbnail of calcite crystals in a rosette.

2.5cm x 3cm.

Rick Dalrymple Collection.
Adrienne McElwain Photo.
 © Rockpick Legend Co.Photo ID: 245722    View Count: 10

Cinnabar : HgS

Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

A crust of cinnabar on matrix with other unidentified minerals.

This specimen is from the Lark Mine which has been consumed by the Bingham Copper Mine.

3.5cm wide x 3cm tall.

Rick Dalrymple Collection.
Adrienne McElwain Photo.
 © Rockpick Legend Co.Photo ID: 245727    View Count: 24

Copper : Cu, Cuprite : Cu2O

Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

Aesthetic 25mm specimen of native Copper with some micro Cuprite crystals, in my collection
 © Vic CloetePhoto ID: 54821    View Count: 213

Copper : Cu

Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

A huge specimen of copper for the location.

Composed of thousands of copper crystals about 1mm across.
27cm wide x 10.5cm tall x 3cm thick.

Rick Dalrymple Collection.
Adrienne McElwain Photo.
 © Rockpick Legend Co.Photo ID: 245700    View Count: 12

Copper : Cu

Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

A single nugget of native copper. These nuggets came from the very bottom ledge in the pit a couple of years ago. There was only a small amount of the recovered and they all looked much the same in texture, size and shape.

5cm x 3.5cm.

Rick Dalrymple Collection.
Adrienne McElwain Photo.
 © Rockpick Legend Co.Photo ID: 245713    View Count: 7

Covellite : CuS

Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

Hexagonal plates of covellite on enargite associated with brochantite, bornite and pyrite. FOV 1mm. Brent Thorne specimena and photograph.
 © Brent Thorne 2009Photo ID: 268429    View Count: 4
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