The Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Cu is a molybdenum, copper, lead, and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.51667, -112.15000
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Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Cu MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Cu
Secondary: Bingham Mine
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: West Min. Dist.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1874
Discovery Year: 1863
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PLAN VIEW-ISOSCELES TRIANGLE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER ISM0724 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD
Comment (Workings): ORE IN BINGHAM STOCK
Comment (Geology): NO MINERALIZATION IN LAST CHANCE STOCK
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERS, W., ET AL, 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, UTAH: GEOLOGY OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
Reference (Deposit): PETERS, W., ETAL., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, UTAH: GEOLOGY OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
Reference (Deposit): 1903 DIREXPL UTAH COPPER CO.
Reference (Deposit): 1915 DIREXPL KENNECOTT COPPER CORP.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): R.B. TAYLOR AND R.U. KING
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