The Little Bingham is a copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah.
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Little Bingham MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Bingham
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Centurion Mines/Bhp Mineral Exp. Joint Venture
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1997
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED 70 MILES SW OF SALT LAKE CITY AND 14 MILES WEST OF EUREKA. THE JOINT VENTURE INCLUDES 12000 ACRES. THE POINT OF REFERENCE IS THE TOWN OF EUREKA. POSSIBLE NAME OF MAP IS TINTIC JUNCTION, BUT THE EXACT LOCATION WAS UNABLE TO BE LOCATED ON A TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. APPROX. ELEVATION: 6200 M.
References
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 108, #3, 1-15-97, P1.
Reference (Deposit): PROJECT".
Reference (Deposit): "DRILLING BEGINS ON BHP/CENTURION JOINT VENTURE COPPER/GOLD
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, JULY 31, 1996, VOL. 107, #31, P15;
Reference (Deposit): CENTURION MINES CORP. PRESS RELEASE, 7-16-96.
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