An open pit copper-gold-silver-lead (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!
References:
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.
Econ Geol (1987) 82:395-428
Minerals Yearbook (1988) Mining & Quarrying Trends: 31.
Rocks & Minerals: 10: 111-112.
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.
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