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Bingham Canyon
Utah, USA
Main commodities: Cu Au Mo Ag




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1998.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Bingham Canyon

    Selected References
Babcock R C, Ballantyne G H, Phillips C H  1995 - Summary of the geology of the Bingham District, Utah: in Pierce F W, Bolm J G (Eds),  Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera Arizona Geol. Soc.   Digest 20 pp 316-335
Borrok D, Kesler S E  1999 - Sulfide minerals in intrusive and volcanic rocks of the Bingham-Park City belt, Utah: in    Econ. Geol.   v94 pp 1213-1230
Bowman J R, Parry W T, Kropp W P, Kruer S A  1987 - Chemical and isotopic evolution of hydrothermal solutions at Bingham, Utah: in    Econ. Geol.   v82 pp 395-428
Brodbeck, M., McClenaghan, S.H., Kamber, B.S. and Redmond, P.B.,  2022 - Metal(loid) Deportment in Sulfides from the High-Grade Core of the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Utah: in    Econ. Geol.   v.117, pp. 1521-1542.
Cameron D E, Garmoe W J  1987 - Geology of skarn and high-grade Gold in the Carr Fork mine, Utah: in    Econ. Geol.   v82 pp 1319-1333
Core D P, Kesler S E and EsseneE J,  2006 - Unusually Cu-rich magmas associated with giant porphyry copper deposits: Evidence from Bingham, Utah: in    Geology   v34 pp 41-44
Cunningham C G, Austin G W, Naeser C W, Rye R O, Ballantyne G H, Stamm R G and Barker C E  2004 - Formation of a Paleothermal Anomaly and Disseminated Gold Deposits Associated with the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo System, Utah: in    Econ. Geol.   v99 pp 789-806
Gruen G, Heinrich C A and Schroeder K,  2010 - The Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit. II. Vein Geometry and Ore Shell Formation by Pressure-Driven Rock Extension : in    Econ. Geol.   v105 pp 69-90
Hattori K H and Keith J D  2001 - Contribution of mafic melt to porphyry copper mineralization: evidence from Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, and Bingham Canyon, Utah, USA: in    Mineralium Deposita   v36 pp 799-806
Inan E E, Einaudi M T  2002 - Nukundamite (Cu3.38Fe0.62S4)-bearing Copper ore in the Bingham Porphyry deposit, Utah: Result of upflow through Quartzite: in    Econ. Geol.   v97 pp 499-515
Kloppenburg A, Grocott J and Hutchinson D,  2010 - Structural Setting and Synplutonic Fault Kinematics of a Cordilleran Cu-Au-Mo Porphyry Mineralization System, Bingham Mining District, Utah : in    Econ. Geol.   v105 pp 743-761
Landtwing M R, Furrer C, Redmond P B, Pettke T, Guillong M and Heinrich C A,  2010 - The Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit. III. Zoned Copper-Gold Ore Deposition by Magmatic Vapor Expansion : in    Econ. Geol.   v105 pp 91-118
Landtwing M R, Pettke T, Halter W E, Heinrich C A, Redmond P B, Einaudi M T and Kunze K  2005 - Copper deposition during quartz dissolution by cooling magmatic-hydrothermal fluids: The Bingham porphyry: in    Earth and Planetary Science Letters   v235 pp 229-243
Maughan D T, Keith J D, Christiansen E H, Pulsipher T, Hattori K, Evans N J  2002 - Contributions from mafic alkaline magmas to the Bingham porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit, Utah, USA: in    Mineralium Deposita   v37 pp 14-37
Monecke, T., Monecke, J., Reynolds, T.J., Tsuruoka, S., Bennett, M.M., Skewes, W.B and Palin, R.M.,  2018 - Quartz Solubility in the H2O-NaCl System: A Framework for Understanding Vein Formation in Porphyry Copper Deposits: in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp.1007-1046.
Nahnybida T, Gleeson S A, Rusk B G and Wassenaar L I,  2009 - Cl/Br ratios and stable chlorine isotope analysis of magmatic–hydrothermal fluid inclusions from Butte, Montana and Bingham Canyon, Utah: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.44 pp. 837-848
Park, J.-W., Campbell, I.H., Malaviarachchi, S.P.K. Cocker, H., Hao, H. and Kay, S.M.,  2019 - Chalcophile element fertility and the formation of porphyry Cu - Au deposits: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.54, pp. 657-670.
Parry W T, Jasumback M, Wilson P N  2002 - Clay mineralogy of phyllic and intermediate argillic alteration at Bingham, Utah: in    Econ. Geol.   v97 pp 221-239
Phillips C H, Harrison E D and Smith T W   2005 - Geology of the Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah: in Porter, T.M. (Ed), 2005 Super Porphyry Copper & Gold Deposits - A Global Perspective, PGC Publishing, Adelaide,   v.1 pp. 243-257
Redmond P B and Einaudi M T,  2010 - The Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit. I. Sequence of Intrusions, Vein Formation, and Sulfide Deposition : in    Econ. Geol.   v105 pp 43-68
Redmond P B, Einaudi M T, Inan E E, Landtwing M R, Heinrich C A  2004 - Copper deposition by fluid cooling in intrusion-centered systems: New insights from the Bingham porphyry ore deposit, Utah: in    Geology   v32 pp 217-220
Seo J H, Guillong M and Heinrich C A,  2012 - Separation of Molybdenum and Copper in Porphyry Deposits: The Roles of Sulfur, Redox, and pH in Ore Mineral Deposition at Bingham Canyon: in    Econ. Geol.   v.107 pp. 333-356
Stavast W J A, Keith J D, Christiansen E H, Dorais M J, Tingey D, Larocque A and Evans N,  2006 - The Fate of Magmatic Sulfides During Intrusion or Eruption, Bingham and Tintic Districts, Utah: in    Econ. Geol.   v101 pp 329-345
Steinberger I, Hinks D, Driesner T and Heinrich C A,  2013 - Source Plutons Driving Porphyry Copper Ore Formation: Combining Geomagnetic Data, Thermal Constraints, and Chemical Mass Balance to Quantify the Magma Chamber Beneath the Bingham Canyon Deposit: in    Econ. Geol.   v.108 pp. 605-624
Titley S R,  1996 - Alteration of mineralized carbonate rocks in the epicrustal environment: in   Porphyry Related Copper and Gold Deposits of the Asia Pacific Region, Conf Proc, Cairns, 12-13 Aug, 1996, AMF, Adelaide,    pp 3.1 - 3.10
Tomlinson, Jr., D.H., Christiansen, E.H., Keith, J.D., Dorais, M.J., Ganske, R., Fernandez, D., Vetz, N., Sorensen, M. and Gibbs, J.,  2021 - Nature and Origin of Zoned Polymetallic (Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-Au) Veins from the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Utah: in    Econ. Geol.   v.116, pp. 747-771. doi:10.5382/econgeo.4798.
Zhang, D. and Audetat, A.,  2017 - What Caused the Formation of the Giant Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit? Insights from Melt Inclusions and Magmatic Sulfides: in    Econ. Geol.   v.112, pp. 221-244.


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