Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine
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| Area | 9 |
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| Locations | Salt Lake County |
| Company | Rio Tinto Group |
| Discovered | 1848 |
| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1966 |
| Did you know | Mining at the Bingham Canyon Mine began in 1903. |
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| ID | 1417466 |
About Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine
The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains.
