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Silver (commodity) from
Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Commodity:Silver (commodity)
Significance:Significant commercial deposit of this mineral.
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Silver (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1216014
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1216014:7
GUID (UUID V4):0844d9a5-c7e7-4836-94a7-41e9df4de45e
Nearest other deposits of Silver (commodity)
0.2km (0.1 miles) Wall Group, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Commercial (Bingham Copper and Gold Mining Company), Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Niagara (U. S. Mining Company), Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Story Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Franklin Tunnel, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) U - and - I Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Giant Chief Occurrence, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Utah Metal Tunnel, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Erie Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Ashland Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Selected Mining Districts of Utah by Carl L. Ege Headframe of Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic mining district...MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION 05-5 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY a division of 2005 Utah Department of Natural Resources...Resources STATE OF UTAH Jon Huntsman, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Michael Styler, Executive...Executive Director UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Richard G. Allis, Director PUBLICATIONS contact Natural Resources...toll-free: 1-888-UTAH MAP website: http://mapstore.utah.gov email: geostore@utah.gov THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Report (issue)
PAMPHLET FOR THE BINGHAM CANYON 7 1/2-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH By Edwin W... AND EXPLANATION PAMPHLET FOR THE BINGHAM CANYON QUADRANGLE, UTAH By Edwin W. Tooker and Ralph J. Roberts...Roberts INTRODUCTION The Bingham Canyon quadrangle lies in the north-central part of the Oquirrh Mountains...of the Bingham (Utah Copper), U.S., Lark, and Carr Fork mines, which comprise the greater Bingham mining...mining district. Mining activity in this area began in the early 1860's, and continued until 1985, when the
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 ...
Report (volume)
SURVEY BULLETIN 1357 Placer Gold Deposits of Utah By MAUREEN G. JOHNSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN........................... History of placer mining in Utah..................................... Purpose...study................................... Garfield County. ................................................. 2. Imperial district (Crescent Creek placer).......................... Grand County................... 4. La Sal district (includes Miners Basin)............................ Millard County.............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Mine A BRIEF HISTORY Downloaded by [North Carolina State University] at 00:47...Evergreen Lane Salt Lake City, Utah 84106-3313 Historical photos courtesy Photograph Archives Utah State Historical...Historical Society Figure 1. The beginning of surface mining (taken sometime before 1909). This mountain has...FIRST OPEN-PIT copper mine lies approximately 26 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, deeply cut into the...eastern flank of the Oquirrh Mountains in Salt Lake County. This mountain range rises 4,000 feet above
Report (issue)
Center, Rm. 1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State...Systems Gold in the Bingham District, Utah By EDWIN W. TOOKER Gold in the Butte District, Montana By EDWIN...TOOKER Gold in the Ely (Robinson) Copper District, White Pine County, Nevada By LAURENCE P.JAMES The Tomboy-Minnie...Tomboy-Minnie Gold Deposits at Copper Canyon, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE, STEPHEN S. HOWE...Contents: Gold in the Bingham District, Utah / by Edwin W. looker Gold in the Butte District, Montana / by Edwin
Report (issue)
THE STOCKTON 7 1/2-MINUTE. QUADRANGLE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH By Edwin W. Tooker1 and RJ. Roberts2 Open-File...nappes ............ . .8 Sedimentary rocks of the Bingham nappe. ............... .9 Sedimentary rocks of..... 15 Dry Canyon area of the Ophir mining district............ 15 Stockton mining district.............quadrangle, Tooele County, Utah Figure 1. Location of the Stockton quadrangle, Utah. ........................ 20 Figure 2. Location of the Bingham and South Mountain nappes and their major structures ....
Book
UTAH AND ITS MINERAL WEALT-R UT-A H AND ITS MINERAL WEALTH Published by the MINING COMMITTEE...COMMERCE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - I 9 3 0- • Here a re "past and present" views of a titanic mining operation-the...operation-the Bingham workings of the Utah Copper Company, the largest surfa ,c e copper mine in North Am...facts from authoritative sources. The importance of Utah as a mineral producer, which is convincingly shown...available as needed. The industry is of great value to Utah in many ways, besides the wealth it produces directly
Book
turn of the century in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and El Paso, Texas. These Mexican and European...racist soci¬ ety and the unbridled power of the mine owners. Mellinger’s book is the first regional history...workers—who labored in the mountain and desert mining camps across the western heartland early in this... In order to reconstruct the lives of those in mining com¬ munities, Mellinger has used little-known...States— History. 3. Strikes and lockouts—Copper mining—Southwestern States—History. 4. Labor movement—Southwestern
Report (issue)
SURVEY DATABASE OF SIGNIFICANT DEPOSITS OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE UNITED STATES PART...TABLE 2. COMPARISON OF TOTAL PRODUCTION OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC FOR ALL DEPOSITS IN THE...TABLE 3. COMPARISON OF TOTAL RESOURCES OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC REMAINING IN DEPOSITS IN...THE DISCOVERY OF SIGNIFICANT DEPOSITS OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE UNITED STATES, 1545-1996.....11 2 3 TABLE 6. THE TEN LARGEST DOMESTIC SILVER DEPOSITS IN TERMS OF PAST PRODUCTION, REMAINING
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)
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 __ __ __
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Tooele I°x2° Quadrangle, Northwest Utah A CUSMAP Preassessment Study by Holly J. Stein1...Mel H. Podwysocki2 Prepared in cooperation with Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Open-File Report...Geological and Mineral Survey 606 Black Hawk Way Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1280 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREFACE...CURRENT STATUS OF MAJOR MINING DISTRICTS......................... 28 28 37 39 Bingham............................................................. Recent Mining Activity References...........................
Report (issue)
resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Utah by George Wong Open-File Report 83-722 This...Refereaces cited Appendix A - 2 7 Table Table 1. District descriptions Preliminary map of the resource...resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Utah By George Wong The purpose of this map is to identify...Range Province. These areas include past or present mining and prospecting activity as well as areas of potential...map are not legal mining district boundaries and may include more than one district as well as adjacent
Report (issue)
DIRECTOR ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH By JOHN MASON BODTWELL WITH A SECTION...DIRECTOR ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING ^DISTRICT, UTAH By JOHN MASON BOUTWELL WITH A SECTION.......... 25 PART I. AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM DISTRICT, BY ARTHUR KEITH. Geography.............................................................. Bingham quartzite........................................66 PART II. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, HY JOHN MASON BOUTWELL. Introduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
its, Utah,asanExploration Target: HistoryandPre-Excavation Geology Abstract The Bingham mining district...center of the district had occurredby the end of the 19th century. Breakthroughs in mining technology were...to make the depositrainable, but once begun the mine rapidly becamethe largest in the northern hemisphere...were developedin limestoneunits adjacent to the Bingham stock. A nulnber of careful workers, both famous...contributedto the general knowledgeof basemetal depositsat Bingham. A major lawsuit led to careful studiesof the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Balance to Quantify the Magma Chamber Beneath the Bingham Canyon Deposit INGO STEINBERGER,1,† DONALD HINKS,2...Zürich, Switzerland Tinto Exploration, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116, USA 3 Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche...for the world-class Cu-Mo-Au deposit at Bingham Canyon (Utah, United States), which quantifies the essential...pluton that generated the deposit. The mineralized district shows a distinct WSW-ENE–striking magnetic anomaly...Additional constraints from drilled geology and district-wide outcropping rocks, including partial demagnetization
Report (issue)
THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH A guide prepared for the Rocky Mountain...Meeting May 16-17, 1980 Weber State College Ogden, Utah Field Trip no. 7, May 18, 1980 By W. W. Atkinson...Survey standards and nomenclature THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH A guide prepared for the Rocky Mountain...Meeting May 16-17, 1980 Weber State College Ogden, Utah Field Trip no. 7, May 18, 1980 LEADERS W. V. Atkinson...Carr Fork Project, The Anaconda Company Tooele, Utah 84704 : Laurence P. James Consulting geologist
Report (issue)
Stansbury Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Tooele County, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1745-B :"...Center, Rm. 1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State...Stansbury Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Tooele County, Utah By MICHAEL P. FOOSE and KAREN A. DUTTWEILER...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS NORTHWESTERN UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MANUEL LUJAN, JR.,...Stansbury Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Tooele County, Utah / by Michael P. Foose, Karen A. Duttweiler,
Report (issue)
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH VOL. X DECEMBER. 1919 NO. 11 I~ E THE I MINERAL INDUSTRY OF UTAH I ! ! ~ ~ §§...VARLEY ~ i I ~ ~ ~ ~ == ~ I ~ ~ LETIN No. 12 Utah En.,i,."en. Department of III eta//urgicaJ Research...~ I I! ~ PUBLISHED BY THE ;== JNIVERSITY OF UTAH. STATE SCHOOL OF MINES S !liE I In Co-operation...CENTURY~PRJNTlNG I ) ./ Utah Engineering Experilllent Station The Utah Engineering Experiment Station...Mines, the engineering college of the University of Utah. The station is authorized "to carryon experiments
Journal (issue)
Fluorite Specimens Discovered! From the Huanggangliang mine No. 6, Inner Mongolia, China Martin Jensen mineralpro@hotmail...quantities. Although the specimen-producing zone at the mine is reportedly now mined out, this is a significant...designation for the current find is Huanggangliang mine No. 6. Huanggangliang literally interpreted means...different species have been reponed from this tin-iron mining complex. and the ilvaites uncovered about ten (...generally anributed to the No. I Mine as far back as 2010. The mines in this district are developed in skams and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1241 GeneralGeologyof theBinghamMine,BinghamCanyon,Utah GEORGE I•ANIER,EDWARD C. JotiN, A. JARENSWENSEN...general geology of the Binghan• mine and presentsa 1: 9,600 scale detailed mine geology map. hnl)Ortant new...subsidiary folds related to the Bingham syncline. Six major igneousphasesof the Bingham stock intrude folded •edimentary...•edimentary rocks of the Butterfield Peaks and Bingham Mine formations. The folding, along with leftlateral...a secondorder fold on the southwestlimb of the Bingham syncline. Hydrothermal alteration and mineralizationis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Utah Information U.S. Geological Survey, Rm. 8105, Federal Bldg., 125 S. State St., Salt Lake City... UT 84138. Utah topographic maps and small Utah mineral exhibit on display in Lobby. Utah Geological...Geological Survey, 2363 S. Foothill Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84109. Utah-related professional papers, miscellaneous...collecting guides. Utah mineral exhibit, organized by county, on display in foyer. Utah State Historical...Historical Society, 300 Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. Official state agency for archaeology and paleontology;
Report (issue)
GUIDEBOOI( OF NORTHERN UTAH Edited by Mead LeRoy Jensen Kennecott's Bingham Canyon mine, the world's largest...of Utah's fore~ost industry - copper production. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY affiliated with...AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah BULLETIN 82 • PRICE $4.00 • MAY... Norman C. Williams . • 17 PREHISTORIC MAN IN UTAH by fohn P. Marwitt 21 A SUMMARY, References ...View of the deposits of Danger Cave near Wendover Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Cluster of Basketmaker
Report (issue)
14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N.Y. Chromite, chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered, depends...fluids in intrusive and sedimentary rocks at Copper Canyon, Nevada...................................................... 9 Generalized map ofthe Bingham Canyon area, Utah, showing distribution of very saline fluids
 
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