Bingham Canyon Mine

Summary

Bingham Canyon Mine is a copper mine^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of copper_mine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bingham Canyon Mine is located in Salt Lake County^[3].
• Bingham Canyon Mine is in the country of United States^[4].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's video is recorded as Google Timelapse- Kennecott Copper Mine, Salt Lake City, Utah.webm^[5].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's image is recorded as Bingham Canyon mine 2016.jpg^[6].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's image is recorded as Bingham Canyon Mine (1) - Salt Lake County, Utah - May 11, 2012.jpg^[7].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's image is recorded as Bingham Canyon Mine (2) - Salt Lake County, Utah - May 11, 2012.jpg^[8].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's instance of is recorded as copper mine^[9].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's instance of is recorded as opencast mine^[10].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's operator is recorded as Kennecott Utah Copper^[11].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315142982^[12].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's Commons category is recorded as Bingham Canyon Mine^[13].
• +1863-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bingham Canyon Mine^[14].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1435143^[15].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.522222222222, 'lon': -112.14944444444}^[16].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0799sy^[17].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06_1ctd^[18].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's NRHP reference number is recorded as 66000736^[19].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Bingham Canyon^[20].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's described at URL is recorded as https://www.icmm.com/en-gb/research/data/2025/global-mining-dataset^[21].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's product or material produced is recorded as silver^[22].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's heritage designation is recorded as National Historic Landmark^[23].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places listed place^[24].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5771532^[25].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3877752^[26].
• Bingham Canyon Mine's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as kennecott-utah-copper-bingham-canyon-mine^[27].

Body

Geography

Bingham Canyon Mine is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Salt Lake County^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include copper mine^[9] and opencast mine^[10]. Heritage statuses include National Historic Landmark^[23] and National Register of Historic Places listed place^[24].

History and Context

+1863-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bingham Canyon Mine^[14].

Why It Matters

Bingham Canyon Mine ranks in the top 2% of copper_mine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]