Utah · Salt Lake County
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Bingham Open Pit Mine

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
GoldSilverMolybdenumCopperZincPlatinumBismuthLeadSeleniumTelluriumNickelPalladium
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Description

G.P. Oglvie

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper
SecondaryZinc, Platinum, Bismuth, Lead
TertiarySelenium, Tellurium, Nickel, Palladium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry Cu-Mo
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR-Concentric with a low-grade core grading upward and laterally to a molybdenite zone, copper shell, pyrite halo, Pb-Zn-Ag zone, and an outer Au zone.
Ore controlFissures, Fractures, And Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pentlandite, Platinum, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Magnetite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Covellite
GangueBarite, Garnet, Orthoclase, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Quartzite,Siltstone,Limestone,Plutonic Rock · "Bingham Stock", "Bingham Mine;Curry;Oquirrh Quartzite (Limestone, Sandstone, Shale)", "porphyry dikes intruded into Bingham stock"
Associated rockLatite · Bingham Stock;Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Rocks
StructureBingham Syncline; Northeast-Trending Faults; Occidental Fault; Bear Fault; Midas Thrust; Copperton Anticline, Basin And Range Faulting
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt Of Basin And Range
AlterationBiotitization, Actinolitization, Chloritization, Ferruginization, Felspathization, Sericitization, Dolomitization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1904-2008
First production1868
Discovery year1863
Identification
Deposit ID10069296
MRDS IDW002888
Alternate namesBingham Canyon Mine, Utah Copper
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates40.52077, -112.1458
References
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