 | | 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 |  | | 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...strikes and a weaker tendency to steep dips. Quartz-pyrite veins with sericitic alteration halos crosscut...al., 2009; Lima et al., 2009). Bingham Canyon near Salt Lake City (Utah, United States) is a giant porphyry |  | Cunningham, C. G., Austin, G. W., Naeser, C. W., Rye, R. O., Ballantyne, G. H., Stamm, R. G., Barker, C. E. (2004) Formation of a Paleothermal Anomaly and Disseminated Gold Deposits Associated with the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo System, Utah. Economic Geology, 99 (4) 789-806 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.4.789 | 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) | | 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 |  | Steinberger, I., Hinks, D., Driesner, T., Heinrich, C. A. (2013) Source Plutons Driving Porphyry Copper Ore Formation: Combining Geomagnetic Data, Thermal Constraints, and Chemical Mass Balance to Quantify the Magma Chamber Beneath the Bingham Canyon Deposit. Economic Geology, 108 (4) 605-624 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.4.605 | 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) | | 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 (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............. |  | | 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 |  | Lanier, G., John, E. C., Swensen, A. J., Reid, J., Bard, C. E., Caddey, S. W., Wilson, J. C. (1978) General geology of the Bingham Mine, Bingham Canyon, Utah. Economic Geology, 73 (7) 1228-1241 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.73.7.1228 | 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 |  | | 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 .... |  | Atkinson, William W., Garmoe, W. James, James, Laurence P., Moor, William J., Swensen, A. Jaren (1980) The Bingham mining district, Utah; a guide prepared for the Rocky Mountain section of the Geological Society of America 33rd annual meeting, May 16-17, 1980. Open-File Report Vol. 1980 (80-823) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr80823 | 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 |  | Fitzpayne, Angus, Prytulak, Julie, Wilkinson, Jamie, Cooke, David, Baker, Michael, Wilkinson, Clara (2018) Assessing Thallium Elemental Systematics and Isotope Ratio Variations in Porphyry Ore Systems: A Case Study of the Bingham Canyon District. Minerals, 8 (12) 548 doi:10.3390/min8120548 | 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) | | 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) | | molybdenite, bornite-chalcopyrite, chalcopyrite-pyrite, pyrite, and galenasphalerite. Hydrothermal biotite...gross alterationpatternsare relatively recent at Bingham. mineral distributionsderivedby the severalmethods...chalcopyriteconcentratorand to recoveryrates from dump leach- pyrite, pyrite, and galena-sphalerite(Figs. 1 and ing led...ChalcoHydrothermalbiotitewas early recognizedas an im- pyrite, bornite, primary chalcocite,and minor covelportant...mappingand core logging. Other para- The pyrite zone containsmainly pyrite with some meters such as quartz veining |  | Stein, H.J., Bankey, Viki, Cunningham, C.G., Zimbelman, D.R., Brickey, D.W., Shubat, M.A., Campbell, D.L., , (1989) Tooele 1 x 2 Quadrangle, Northwest Utah; a CUSMAP preassessment study. Open-File Report Vol. 1989 (89-467) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89467 | 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........................... |  | | 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 |  | Nahnybida, Taras, Gleeson, Sarah A., Rusk, Brian G., Wassenaar, Len I. (2009) Cl/Br ratios and stable chlorine isotope analysis of magmatic–hydrothermal fluid inclusions from Butte, Montana and Bingham Canyon, Utah. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (8) 837-848 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0248-0 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fluid inclusions from Butte, Montana and Bingham Canyon, Utah Taras Nahnybida & Sarah A. Gleeson & Brian...porphyry Cu deposits in Butte, Montana, USA and Bingham Canyon, Utah, USA. The leachates mostly represent low-salinity...quartz veins from Bingham Canyon range from 0.18 to 3.68×10−3 M. Br/Cl ratios from Bingham range above and...deposits. In contrast to Butte, δ37Cl values for Bingham are lower, ranging from −0.9‰ to −4.1‰. In the...temperatures, we suggest that the porphyry system at Bingham, and to a lesser extent at Butte, have inherited |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 8572 I. USA Abstract-Values of 637Cl can now be routinely measured...fluid inclusion leachates and biotites from the Bingham, Silver Bell, and Panguna porphyry copper deposits...leachates from Elmwood-Gordonsville. Biotite in the Bingham deposit has fi3C1 values up to 1.7%~and chlorine...chlorine isotopes that are fractionated with respect to salt-rich hydrothermal fluid. Hydrothermal fluids in...4%0 with the one exception of a -0.5%0 value at Bingham. Loss of 10w-6~‘Cl chloride in vapor may balance |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2 What Caused the Formation of the Giant Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit? Insights from Melt...sulfur content of an ore-related latite magma at Bingham Canyon and comparing it with that of intermediate...magma systems. The ore-related latite magma at Bingham Canyon records strong evidence for magma mixing and...was similar to the most mafic rock found at Bingham Canyon (a melanephelinite containing 45 wt % SiO2)...porphyry Cu-mineralized magma systems (Santa Rita, USA; Bajo de la Alumbrera, Argentina) and several modern |  | Landtwing, M. R., Furrer, C., Redmond, P. B., Pettke, T., Guillong, M., Heinrich, C. A. (2010) The Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit. III. Zoned Copper-Gold Ore Deposition by Magmatic Vapor Expansion. Economic Geology, 105 (1) 91-118 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.105.1.91 | 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 |  | Lanier, G., Raab, W. J., Folsom, R. B., Cone, S. (1978) Alteration of equigranular monzonite, Bingham mining district, Utah. Economic Geology, 73 (7) 1270-1286 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.73.7.1270 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alteration ofEquigranular Monzonite, Bingham Mining District,Utah G. LANIER,W. J. t•AAB,t•. B. Fonso•...Equigranularmonzoniteof the Binghamstock,the main host for the Bingham porphyrycopperdeposit,was an augite-actinolite-biotite...unmineralized Last Chance stock ad- jacentto the mine. Mineralogyand chemistryof the alterationis quantifiedin...augitewith hydrothermalmineralscan containsthe Bingham porphyry copper deposit be mappedbetweenthe two...altera- mine vicinity had essentiallythe sameprealteration tion of the Bingham mining district is describedin |
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Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA