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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

Latitude: 40°31'20"N
Longitude: 112°8'55"W
An open pit Cu-Au-Ag-Pb (principally copper) mine operated by Kennecott, Utah Copper Div. Mineralization is in a monzonite porphyry. Capacity was 60,000 tons/day as far back as the 1930's!

Mineral List

Acanthite
Actinolite
Allophane
Andalusite
Anglesite
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calaverite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
Enargite
Epidote
Epsomite
'Feldspar Group'
Fluorite
Foshagite
Freibergite
Galena
'Garnet'
Goethite
Gold
Goslarite
Grossular
Gypsum
Gyrolite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Magnetite
Malachite
Mallardite
Marcasite
Massicot
Melanterite
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Nontronite
Nukundamite
Okenite
Opal
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Palladium
Pentlandite
Platinum
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Siderite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Talc
Talnakhite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Thaumasite
Thomsonite-Ca
Tobermorite
Turquoise
Uvite
Vivianite
Wavellite
Wollastonite


98 entries listed. 87 valid minerals.

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References

Rocks & Minerals (1935): 10: 111-112.

Warnaars, F.W., Smith, W.H., Bray, R.E., Lanier, G., and Shafiqullah, M. (1978) Geochronology of igneous intrusions and porphyry copper mineralization at Bingham, Utah. Econmic Geology: 73: 1242-1249.

Mining Annual Review (1985): 39.

Economic Geology (1987) 82: 395-428.

Minerals Yearbook (1988) Mining & Quarrying Trends: 31.

Chesley, J.T. and Ruiz, J. (1997) Prelminary geochronology on molybdenite mineralization from the Bingham Canyon ore deposit, Utah. In Geology and Ore Deposits of the Oquirrh and Wasatch Mountains, Utah (D.A. John and G.H. Ballantyne, editors). Society of Economic Geologists, Guidebook Series 29: 282.

Deino, A. and Keith, J.D. (1997) Ages of volcanic and intrusive rocks in the Bingham mining district, Utah. Society of Economic Geologists, Guidebook Seres 29: 91-100.

Phillips, C.H., Smith, T.W., and Harrison, E.D. (1997) Alteration, metal zoning, and ore controls in the Bingham Canyon porphyry copper deposits, Utah. In: Geology and Ore Deposits of the Oquirrh and Wasatch Mountains, Utah (.A. John & .H. Ballantyne, editors). Society of Economic Geologists, Guidebook Series 29: 133-145.

Waite, K.A., Keith, J.D., Christiansen, E.H., Whitney, J.A., Hattori, K., Tingey, D.G., and Hook, C.J. (1997) Petrogenesis of the volcanic and intrusive rocks associated with the Bingham Canyon porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit, Utah. In: Geology and Ore Deposits of the Oquirrh and Wasatch Mountains, Utah (D.A. John & G.H. Ballantyne, editors). Society of Economic Geologists, Guidebook Series 29: 1242-1249.

Redmond, P.B. (2002) Magmatic-Hydrothermal Fluids and Copper-Gold Ore Formation at Bingham Canyon, Utah. Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Redmond, P.B., Einaudi, M.T., Inan, E.E., Landtwing, M.R., and Heinrich, C.A. (2004) Copper deposition by fluid cooling in intrusion-centered systems: new insights from the Bingham porphyry ore deposit, Utah: Geology: 32: 217-220.

Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.

North, Jerry (2010) Displays of Nature : History, Minerals & Crystals of Utah's Bingham Canyon Copper Mine.

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