Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Illite from
Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Illite
Formula:K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Illite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:186284
Long-form Identifier:1:3:186284:3
GUID (UUID V4):aad03ab8-59e2-43dc-95dc-9f83d6369e16
Nearest other occurrences of Illite
8.7km (5.4 miles) Barneys Canyon Lower Mine, Barney’s Canyon, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) Clinton Clay Pit, Clinton Area, Utah County, Utah, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) Tickville Gulch Clay Pit, Saratoga Springs Area, Lake Mountains Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
28.4km (17.7 miles) Powell Pit (Saratoga Pit Mine; Interstate Pits 1 and 2), Saratoga Springs Area, Lake Mountains Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) Wiley Canyon NW Clay Pit, Lake Mountains Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
32.2km (20.0 miles) Five Mile Pass, Tooele County, Utah, USA
33.7km (21.0 miles) Wiley Canyon South Clay Pits, Lake Mountains Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
34.5km (21.5 miles) Losee Canyon Clay Prospects, Pelican Point Area, Lake Mountains Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
35.2km (21.9 miles) Ivans Canyon Pits, Lake Mountains Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
37.1km (23.1 miles) Grey Eagle Clay Pit, Lake Mountains Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits Associated with the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo System, Utah CHARLES G. CUNNINGHAM,† U.S...GERRY W. AUSTIN, Kennecott Utah Copper Company, P.O. Box 232, Bingham Canyon, Utah 84006 CHARLES W. NAESER...Services, 5295 South 300 West, Suite 300, Murray, Utah 84107 ROBERT G. STAMM, U.S. Geological Survey,...Abstract The thermal history of the Oquirrh Mountains, Utah, indicates that hydrothermal fluids associated with...the 37 Ma Bingham Canyon porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit extended at least 10 km north of the Bingham pit. An
Report (issue)
of Base- and Precious-Metal Mining Districts in the Oquirrh Mountains, Utah by Edwin W. looker1 Open-File.... ......... 5 Geologic Setting of North-Central Utah .......................... 7 Oquirrh Mountains Nappes...Characteristics of Mining Districts in the Oquirrh Mountains ........................... ..14 Bingham (West Mountain)...Mountain) mining district ................ .14 Mercur (Camp Floyd) Mining District ......................Ophir Mining District.................................. .27 Stockton (Rush Valley) Mining District ...
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BINGHAM CANYON PORPHYRY Cu-Au-Mo SYSTEM, UTAH—A DISCUSSION RICARDO D. PRESNELL†...Kennecott Exploration Co., 224 North 2200 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 AND W. T. PARRY Department of Geology...Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East Room 719 Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0111 Sir: The recent...paleothermal anomaly associated with the 37 Ma Bingham Canyon porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit. Based on these data...the paleothermal anomaly encompasses the Barneys Canyon and Melco sediment-hosted gold deposits. The authors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Biotite at Bingham, Utah W. T. PARRY,† Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake...Lake City, Utah 84112-0111 PAULA N. WILSON, Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Utah Museum of Natural...East 135 South Room 719, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0111 D. MOSER, Department of Geology...Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0111 AND MATTHEW T. HEIZLER New...biotite provide a new estimate of the age of the Bingham hydrothermal system. The U-Pb age of zircon from
Report (issue)
Geology of the Oquirrh Mountains, Utah by Edwin W. Tooker Open-File Report OF 99-571 1999 This report...Acknowledgments Geologic setting of north-central Utah 11 13 15 17 Precambrian basement terrane and the...main nappes 30 31 Pass Canyon nappe 32 Bingham nappe 33 Rogers Canyon nappe 34 Significance of...nappe rocks in the Oquirrh Mountains 41 Pass Canyon nappe 42 Stratigraphic characteristics and correlation...Fork unit of looker and Roberts (1988) 45 Flood Canyon unit of looker and Roberts (1988) 46 __ __ __
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Inc. Economic Geology, v. 105, pp. 69–90 The Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit. II. Vein Geometry...University of Zurich 3 Kennecott Utah Copper, Rio Tinto, Magna, Utah 84044 Abstract Copper, gold, and...and molybdenum in the Bingham Canyon deposit (Utah, United States) show a systematic distribution in grade...al., 2009; Lima et al., 2009). Bingham Canyon near Salt Lake City (Utah, United States) is a giant porphyry...vertical extent thanks to 100 years of open-pit mining and deep diamond drilling. Building on the detailed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
v. 103, pp. 759–782 Geology of the Cove Mine, Lander County, Nevada, and a Genetic Model for the McCoy-Cove...Round Mountain, Nevada 89045 AND KEITH JONES Small Mine Development, P.O. Box 251, Battle Mountain, Nevada...Fish Creek Mountains, Lander County, Nevada. Through the end of mining in 2001, large-scale open-pit...southwest of the town of Battle Mountain, Lander County, Nevada (Fig. 1). Through the end of production...large-scale open-pit and associated underground mining at the two deposits yielded 3.3 million ounces
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on the Carlin trend and for the Barneys Canyon deposit in Utah. Complete resetting of sericite by hydrothermal...for apatite at Barneys Canyon suggests contemporaneity with the nearby Bingham porphyry Cu system. The...trend (40 Ma) and U/Th-He for apatite at Barneys Canyon (34 Ma). Galkhaite is the only mineral from a Carlintype...major prospects are shown by circles. Deposit or district locations mentioned in the text are as follows:...= Barneys Canyon (deposits in the Oquirrh Mountains including the Barneys Canyon, Bingham, Melco, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Inc. Economic Geology, v. 105, pp. 43–68 The Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit. I. Sequence of Intrusions...University, Stanford, California 94305 USA Abstract The Bingham Canyon porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum deposit...north-northeast–trending, high-grade zone had pre-mining dimensions of 1,500 m strike, >300 m vertical,...Landtwing et al., 2010). Historically, papers on Bingham have shown copper and gold grade boundaries that...1998). Of the world’s porphyry copper deposits, Bingham ranks seventh based on contained copper metal (28
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Phyllic and Intermediate Argillic Alteration at Bingham, Utah W. T. PARRY,† MARK JASUMBACK, Department of...Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 AND PAULA N. WILSON Department...Geophysics, and Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 Abstract...zones in the porphyry Cu-Mo-Au ore deposit at Bingham, Utah, include the outermost propylitic and inner...consists primarily of veins and vein selvages of illite interstratified with an average of 7 percent smectite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BINGHAM CANYON PORPHYRY Cu-Au-Mo SYSTEM, UTAH—A REPLY CHARLES G. CUNNINGHAM...GERRY W. AUSTIN, Kennecott Utah Copper Co., P.O. Box 232, Bingham Canyon, Utah 84006 CHARLES W. NAESER...Services, 5295 South 300 West, Suite 300, Murray, Utah 84107 ROBERT G. STAMM, U.S. Geological Survey,...the paleothermal anomaly associated with the Bingham Canyon porphyry copper deposit and disseminated gold...Melco deposit (6 km north of the Bingham pit) and the Barney’s Canyon deposit (7.5 km north) have not
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry Ore Systems: A Case Study of the Bingham Canyon District Angus Fitzpayne 1,2, * , Julie Prytulak...michael.baker@utas.edu.au (M.J.B.) Transforming the Mining Value Chain (TMVC), an Australian Research Council...November 2018   Abstract: The Bingham Canyon porphyry deposit is one of the world’s largest...temperature hydrothermal fluids. The Tl-enrichment at Bingham Canyon therefore provides an opportunity to investigate...samples spanning a range of lithologies from the Bingham district which were analysed for their Tl content and
Report (issue)
CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...JANUARY 1981 MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock Nature displays her most.... . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Economic Geology, v. 105, pp. 91–118 The Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit. III. Zoned Copper-Gold...porphyry Cu-Au(-Mo) ore deposit at Bingham Canyon, Utah. The Bingham Canyon orebody is exposed over ~1.6 km...fluids of variable density and salinity in the Bingham Canyon CuMo-Au deposit (Fig. 1), based on detailed...microanalytical study of fluid inclusions. Bingham Canyon is an exceptionally large and rich deposit...inverted cup and is well exposed in the large open-pit mine and by deep diamond drill holes that have reached
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the High-Grade Core of the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Utah M. Brodbeck,1,† S. H. McClenaghan...City, Queensland 4000, Australia 3Copper Mountain Mining Corporation, West Vancouver, British Columbia V6C...high-grade zone of the Bingham Canyon Cu-Mo-Au porphyry deposit, Utah. The polyphase Bingham stock comprises...deportment within the world-class Bingham Canyon porphyry Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Utah. We systematically examined...to as the QMP-LP zone by Redmond (2002). The Bingham Canyon deposit has been mined and studied for more
Book
DVD label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo...Magmatic-Hydrothermal History of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest...Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern...Northern Chile Geology of the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Utah Geology and Exploration Progress...± Molybdenum Deposits of the Ertsberg-Grasberg District, Papua, Indonesia Clyde A. Leys, Mark Cloos,
Report (issue)
peripheral to porphyry-style mineralization. At Bingham, Utah (Babcock and others, 1995), and Bisbee, Arizona...many porphyry copper deposits (for example, Bingham, Utah), as well as crosscutting porphyry-style mineralization...Alumbrera in Argentina, Grasberg in Indonesia, and Bingham in the United States.    3 Regional Environment...which will vary with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of...approximately 0.8–1.1 km (West and Aiken, 1982). At Bingham, Utah, the greatest vertical extent of copper ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Contact Aureoleat Carr Fork,Bingham,Utah W. W. ATKINSON,J•., A•*n MAteO T. EINAUDI Abstract...lead-zinc-silver ores in the western contact aureole of the Bingham stock. The successionof alteration-mineralizationstages...evolution of alteration-mineralization in the Bingham stock. Sedimentaryrocks in the contactaureoleare...east-westtrending folds and beddingplanefaults acrossthe district; differentialyielding resultedin overturningof...evolutionof the ore fluid. Introduction Tin; Bingham mining district, locatedon the east slopeof the Oquirrh
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Detection of Mineralization DAVID L. KELLEY,† Newmont Mining Corporation, 357 Inverness Drive South, Englewood...alteration indices, vitrinite or bitumen reflectance, illite crystallinity, and apatite or zircon thermochronology...basis (Fig. 4). Evidence that the Bingham porphyry copper deposit, Utah, formed from an enriched magma comes...Archean deposits (e.g., Hemlo, Kalgoorlie, Kirkland Lake) has δ34S values that are relatively low (to –17...FIG. 5. Cross section of the Comstock Lode mining district, Nevada, showing the location of the Big Bonanza
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu-Mo-Au porphyry deposits in the Cobre Panama district, which currently has a global resource of 4.2...faulting and extension that deformed the Cobre Panama district shortly after ore formation at 29 to 28 Ma. Introduction...Botija deposit is located in the Cobre Panama district (previously known as Petaquilla project) approximately...Caribbean coast at 8°84' N and 80°65' W (Fig. 1). The district contains several porphyry copper deposits that...et al., 2015). MPSA is currently constructing a mine and has slated production to begin at the Botija
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W, 120 km east of Iquique (Fig. 1). The open-pit mine, initiated in 1994 by Rio Algom Ltd. and now operated...main south wall of Quebrada Parca and, prior to mining, were exposed in an embayment situated immediately...the hypogene and supergene mineralization. In the mine area, 0361-0128/98/000/000-00 $6.00 97 98 BOUZARI...covered by Miocene ignimbrite and gravel (4). A mine dump (pale) on the western slope of Cerro Colorado...Note that, in all figures, samples collected from mine benches are assigned a single number (e.g., 225)
Book (volume)
what-so-ever. Cover ph o to g ra p h: The Bingham Canyon open pit, Utah, USA, 1998. Photographs by T M Porter...University with a B.Sc. Honours. He completed his PhD in Mining Geology in 1979 at Imperial College, London. His...contributions to economic geology. Stints with Palabora Mining Company, JCI and Anglovaal added to Ross’ southern...After moving to Australia in 】 979, Ross, as a District Manager with CRA Exploration, led the team that...Cheshmeh in Iran, Cananea in Mexico, and Bingham Canyon in the USA (Clark, 1993). This paper reviews the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in magmatic arc settings. At the regional and district scales, the occurrence of many deposits in belts...Polley Recsk Highland Valley dist. Rosia Poieni Bingham Island Copper Almalyk Oyu Tolgoi Kounrad Butte...GlobeMiami Ray Mineral Park Saindak Cananea Copper Canyon Chelopech Sepon SierritaEsperanza Red Mountain...the geology of porphyry Cu systems at regional, district, and deposit scales. The resultant geologic model...El Abra 22° A AL C M E ALT O Regional- and District-Scale Characteristics 0361-0128/98/000/000-00
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granitic plutons of the eastern Great Basin, Nevada and Utah RICHARD Yale University, (Received Department...Thirty granitic plutons in eastern Nevada and western Utah have been dated. Plutons in the Southern Sna,ke...Mountains, Whitehorse Range, Cortez Range, Austin mining district, and at Mount Hamilton and Whistler Mountain...Ruby Hill stock, Eureka mining dist)rict is latest Cretaceous, the Bingham Canyon stock early Eocene in...with the cordilleran miogeosyncline in Nevada and Utah. This miogeosyncline is composed of a thick accumulation
Book (edition)
Resource Reviews Series editor John Slack, Reston, VA, USA More information about this series at http://www...suggestions for the target generation teams of mining companies exploring for world-class gold and/or...Kanowna Belle Gold Mines in Kalgoorlie; PT North Mining Indonesia in Jakarta; TU Bergakademie in Freiberg;...Province, Argentina . . 6.4.2 Bingham Copper-Molybdenum Deposit, Utah, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . 6.4.4 Cripple Creek Gold Deposit, Colorado, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4.5 Skouries
 
Mineral and/or Locality  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: April 25, 2024 10:29:56
Go to top of page