Bingham Canyon

United States · Open pit

Opened: 1906
Region: Utah
Status: Active
Country: United States
Type: Open pit
Latitude: 40.52
Longitude: -112.15

Notes

The deepest open pit in the world, 1.2 km deep and 4 km across, mined continuously for over a century; a 2013 landslide inside it was one of the largest non-volcanic slides in North America.

Commodities

Molybdenum Gold Copper Silver

Referenced by

element

Copper Gold Molybdenum Silver

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