National Register of Historic Places
Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine
Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine is a historic place in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1966, and designated a National Historic Landmark. Its National Register reference number is 66000736.
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Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine
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About this place
What is 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. The mine is the largest human-made excavation, and deepest open-pit mine in the world, which is considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history – more than 19,000,000 short tons. The mine is owned by Rio Tinto Group, a British-Australian multinational corporation. The copper operations at Bingham Canyon Mine are managed through Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation which operates the mine, a concentrator plant, a smelter, and a refinery. The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.75 miles (1,210 m) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1,900 acres. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine. The mine experienced a massive landslide in April 2013 and a smaller slide in September 2013.
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The record
Listing details
- Name
- Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine
- City
- Salt Lake City
- County
- Salt Lake County
- State
- Utah
- Listed on the National Register
- November 13, 1966
- NRIS reference number
- 66000736
- Resource type
- site
- National Historic Landmark
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 40.52654, -112.15357
When was Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine listed on the National Register?
Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1966.
Where is Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine located?
Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine is located in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah at approximately 40.52654, -112.15357. See the map above.
Is Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine a National Historic Landmark?
Yes. Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine is designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest federal recognition for a historic place.
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