The bingham canyon area boomed during the first years of the twentieth century, as rich copper deposits in the canyon began to be developed, and at its peak the city had approximately 15,000 residents. How are landslides at kennecott copper being prevented. Sep 03, 2016 the manefay landslide at the bingham canyon openpit copper mine on april 11, 20. Case study kennecott utah copper mine rajant corporation.
Produced before the landslide took place, this video highlights the people, processes, and technologies that the riotinto subsidiary. The results can be benchmarked against the known locations of the rock avalanches within the bingham canyon mine. Discovery at the bingham canyon mine earth explorer. Zillow has 3 homes for sale in bingham canyon ut matching. Jan 04, 2018 the bingham canyon mine produced the largest, nonvolcanic landslide in the history of north america on april 10 th, 20 at 9. Bingham canyon mine is located in the oquirrh mountains, which was formed during the late paleozoic period between 260. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
It is one of the most efficient copper producing mines in the world. The april 10, 20, landslide at bingham canyon mine happened in the form of 2 rock avalanches 95 minutes apart. I went with bingham canyon mine rather than just bingham canyon to distinguish. Second landslide hits rios bingham canyon mine, 100 workers evacuated. Was looking for footage of the landslide that decimated bingham canyon copper mine when i found this little gem shot a few months before the slide. During the phase ii tailings modernization, hill was responsible for managing contract negotiations supporting new construction for all contractor dealings.
Landslide at bingham canyon copper mine the view from. Analysis of kennecott utah coppers bingham canyon mine. The landslide was so intense that two different universities reported it was detected on their seismic networks, which are used to detect earthquakes. Analyzing ksls chopper 5 video thursday helped him to better. The runout path is very stepp and the mine benches in the runout path are still intact after the slide suggesting the debris was riding on a cushion of air, a common theory for mobility of rock avalanches.
Apr 16, 20 the bingham canyon landslide does not appear particularly mobile when compared to failure of mine spoils in mountainous terrain. Video cameras to be used for safety monitoring, mine. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Bingham canyon mine slide press conference april 25. Apr 11, 20 a significant landslide occurred wednesday night at the bingham canyon mine, kennecott utah copper officials confirmed. Kennecott utah coppers kuc mine plan for bingham canyon runs to 2020, and now working on an extension to 2036 with a major pushback in the south side of the pit, as well as looking at the. Bingham canyon, 30 miles south of salt lake city, utah has been mined since 1906. This view, toward the northeast, shows the landslide in its entirety with the main failure plane angling downward from the right side of the headwall scarp toward the buildings in the middle left. Photo essay of bingham canyon after landslide mining. The april 10, 20, landslide at rio tintokennecott utah coppers bingham canyon mine contains enough debris to bury new york citys central park 66 feet deep, according to a new university of utah study. If you have a different image of similar quality, be sure to upload it using the proper free license tag, add it to a relevant article, and nominate it. The mine currently supplies 1825 percent of the united states copper supply.
The video features cody sutherlin kennecottrio tinto, mark. Massive landslide damages kennecotts bingham canyon mine. Openpit copper mining at bingham canyon utah geological survey. The manefay landslide at the bingham canyon openpit copper mine on april 11, 20. The collapse damaged shovels, 14 haul trucks, and a number. Bingham canyon was a city formerly located in southwestern salt lake county, utah, united states, in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the oquirrh mountains. Produced before the landslide took place, this video. This is a featured picture, which means that members of the community have identified it as one of the finest images on the english wikipedia, adding significantly to its accompanying article. Bingham mine utah large dump truck hauling copper ore in open pit mine. The slide happened in the form of two rock avalanches 95 minutes apart. This is bingham canyon mine slide press conference april 25, 20 by kuc on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Analysing the bingham canyon mine landslide part 2. The bingham canyon mine landslide of a few weeks ago is an unusual mass movement. This is anexcellent example of how a modern slope monitoring program that integrates the most advanced technologies, such as slope monitoring radar, can support the decisionmaking process in relation to an impending slope failure at a large open pit mine such as bingham canyon. Carr fork canyon as seen from g bridge bingham copper mine utah in the background can be seen a train with waste or overburden material on its way to the dump poster print 24 x 36 usually ships within 2 to 3 days. Shuttles to the mine overlook depart from and return to the lark parking area. Geoscientists have revisited the 20 bingham canyon landslide with a combined analysis of aerial photos, computer modeling, and seismic. The story of a crisis of epic proportion and the lessons of leadership, innovation, motivation, and teamwork that effectively saved lives and the mine. At first 1848 a farm of the mormons thomas and sanford bingham, it became in the 1860s a roaring mining town, dealing in gold, then silver and lead, and in the 20th cent. Its suggested the slide was likely the largest nonvolcanic slide in northern american. Kennecotts bingham canyon copper mine bingham canyon. Capacity was 60,000 tonsday as far back as the 1930s. Bingham canyon, copper mine, utah, usa mining technology. The mine has produced more copper than any mine in history more than 19 million tonnes.
Apr 30, 20 the bingham canyon mine landslide of a few weeks ago is an unusual mass movement. Dynamics of the bingham canyon rock avalanches utah, usa. Slide reported at kennecotts bingham canyon mine youtube. 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. It has been in operation for more than 100 years and has produced more copper, 16. I thought it would be interesting to take a little time to examine this landslide in more detail. The mine is the largest manmade excavation in the world and is considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history more than 19 million tons.
Kennecott bingham canyon mine, located in the salt lake city valley, is the largest manmade excavation in the world. Kennecotts bingham canyon copper mine bingham canyon, utah. Founded in 1903, kennecotts bingham canyon mine is one of the largest. Apply to underground miner, loader operator, excavator operator and more.
Kennecott south zone, copperton, ut epa, april 26, 2016. Mar 02, 2017 in spring 20, observation systems at utahs bingham canyon copper mine detected ground movement in a hillslope surrounding the mine s open pit. With a lot of effort over the last one hundred years, the mine is almost three miles across at the top and more than three quarters of a mile deep. Apr 08, 2016 bingham canyon, utah abc4 utah recent activity inside the walls of the kennecott copper mine has workers preparing for any dangerous movements in the ground. Apr 10, 2017 four years ago today, one of the largest nonvolcanic landslides in u.
The bingham canyon mine, or kennecott copper mine, is one of the worlds largest copper mines, and the second highest copper producer in the usa. Bingham canyon mine copperton, utah mountain, city facebook. Magna a significant landslide occurred wednesday night at the bingham canyon mine, kennecott utah copper officials confirmed. This is a maintenance software tool designed to reduce. The best things to do in bingham canyon 2020 with photos. Com tours rio tinto kennecotts bingham canyon mine 18 months after the largest nonvolcanic landslide in history. Lessons from the bingham canyon manefay slide ross, brad on. Since the slide remediation works have begun, rebuilding heavy vehicle roads which is. The bingham canyon mine, more commonly known as kennecott copper mine among locals. It dumped several millions of tons of debris into the mine.
Refer to appendix a for additional permit conditions related to surface seeps. Bingham canyon mine, also known as the kennecott copper mine, utah, united states of america. I created this video with the youtube video editor. Bingham canyon mine, also known as the kennecott copper. Media related to the bingham canyon mine more commonly known as kennecott copper mine among locals, an openpit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit in the oquirrh mountains southwest of south jordan, utah, united states. This might imply that the first landslide was a wedge failure in the lower part of the slide area, which then released the block moving on this comparatively unfavourable slide plane.
Bingham canyon mine copperton, utah mountain, city. The value of the resources extracted from the bingham canyon mine is greater than the comstock lode, klondike, and california gold rush mining regions combined. Four years ago today, one of the largest nonvolcanic landslides in u. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0. Landslide at bingham canyon copper mine the view from the. Located about 30 kilometers 18 miles southwest of salt lake city, utah, the mine is a major producer of copper, gold, silver, and molybednum on april 10, 20, bingham canyon also produced the largest, nonvolcanic landslide in the.
Today, the mine at bingham canyon, located southwest of salt lake city on the east flank of the oquirrh mountains, is one of the largest and most efficient mines in the world. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading rise to the occasion. This was a case where science and the right preparation saved lives. Through advanced planning and monitoring, not one person was injured. Part one of a three part series of posts looking in detail at the bingham canyon mine landslide. Bingham canyon mine slide press conference april 25, 20. Analysing the bingham canyon mine landslide part 1.
Bingham canyon mine, also known as the kennecott copper mine. We are a participant in the amazon services llc associates program. I chose this name to avoid confusion with the former mines in kennecott, alaska, and because as a former utahn i believe the bingham canyon name is in far more common use. The mine experienced a massive landslide in april 20 and a smaller slide in september 20. The first rock avalanche included grayer bedrock material seen around the margins of the lower part of the slide. If you dont watch the whole clip at least check out the pan shot at 5.
Bingham canyon mine article about bingham canyon mine by. Kennecotts bingham canyon copper mine bingham canyon, utah mine also known as kennecott copper, this site is the largest copper mine in the world, and the largest manmade excavation on earth. Dynamics of the bingham canyon mine landslides from. Lessons from the bingham canyon manefay slide kindle edition by ross, brad. The mine is 234 miles across at the top and 34 of a mile deep.
It measures two and threequarter miles across at the top and threequarters of a mile deep. They show a video and point some things out along the road as you are. The second slide produced a longer runout compared to the first slide 2. During two main bursts of activity that day, several million cubic meters of rock and soil careened deep into the mines pit. Doing some more training with the rio tinto engineers that work on the bingham canyon resource just outside of salt lake city in utah, usa. Surface seeps will also be sampled for semiannual flow and water quality. Bingham canyon mine slide april 25, 20 press conference. The bingham canyon mine produced the largest, nonvolcanic landslide in the history of north america on april 10 th, 20 at 9.
Table e1 lists all current monitoring sites for the operational monitoring program. Bingham canyon lions gift shop, located in the lark visitor parking area, sells an assortment of. Special shuttle access to the bingham canyon mine overlook is required and must be scheduled in advance. This mine is being worked in the oquirrh mountains, south of salt lake city utah. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 2. Pdf analysis of kennecott utah coppers bingham canyon mine. Openpit copper mining at bingham canyon utah geological. For the first slide, back projection results gave a predicted location within 2 km of the actual source, while for the second slide the predicted location was 4 km from the mine. Mar 02, 2017 20 bingham canyon landslide, moment by moment date. The bingham canyon mine is the largest manmade excavation on earth. In april 20, the bingham canyon mine experienced a massive landslide, destroying 14 haul trucks, three shovel trucks and closing the mines main access ramp for seven months. The bingham canyon mine, more commonly known as kennecott copper mine among locals, is an openpit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of salt lake city, utah, in the oquirrh mountains. On april 10, 20, one of the largest nonvolcanic landslides in the history of north america took place at the bingham canyon mine in utah. The bingham canyon mine is one of the largest openpit mines in the world, measuring more than 4 kilometers 2.
Rise to the occasion tells the dramatic story of the men and women who safely led utah s 107yearold bingham canyon mine through the largest mining highwall failure in history. Thanks to these monitoring systems as well as the seismic network operated by the university of utah seismograph stations in the utah region, the bingham canyon mine landslide is one of the best recorded in history. Due to safety regulations, tour groups will need to use kennecott provided shuttles. This year the bingham copper mine will mark 100 years since its beginnings as the first openpit copper mine. The driver was stoic and didnt say anything to the passengers other than the standard dont. In spring 20, observation systems at utahs bingham canyon copper mine detected ground movement in a hillslope surrounding the mines open pit. The resulting data were processed with agisoft photoscan software to produce a digital. And it made a difference when the largest recorded nonvolcanic landslide in u. Winter panorama of oquirrh mountain range snow capped, which includes the bingham canyon mine or kennecott copper. Bingham canyon, utah abc4 utah recent activity inside the walls of the kennecott copper mine has workers preparing for any dangerous movements in the ground many of us remember the massive landslide that occurred at the mine back in.
Kennecotts bingham canyon mine has produced more copper than any mine in historyabout 18. A significant landslide occurred wednesday night at the bingham canyon mine, kennecott utah copper officials confirmed. Abstract the 20 bingham canyon mine rock avalanches represent one of the largest cumulative landslide events in recorded u. Some examples of the technology crc expects to develop include frontofthebit tools and geoimaging software to help drillers respond to changes in rock as they work, downhole sensors that can generate onsite information about ore mineralogy, and software to produce 3d representations that combine. Book your tickets online for the top things to do in bingham canyon, utah on tripadvisor. Many of us remember the massive landslide that occurred at the mine back in 20. Kennecott utah have put a set of very high resolution images on their flickr site and have provided permission for me to use them here with due acknowledgement to them. Bingham canyon mine is the largest manmade excavation on earth. Second landslide hits rios bingham canyon mine, 100. Photos rio tintos bingham canyon mine mining sites. Mine landslide triggered quakes university of utah news. Rio tinto kennecott visitor experience at bingham canyon mine. Feb 01, 2014 kennecott utah copper mine at bingham canyon usa recovering from enormous landslide 10 april 20.
Greatbigcanvas poster print entitled bingham canyon mine near salt lake city by 12x18. In early 20, mine operators picked up signs of increasing instability on the northeastern wall of the bingham canyon mine. Proactive planning and crisis communication minimise the social impact of a major disaster. A massive landslide occurred at utahs bingham canyon mine on april. Its the largest slide weve ever had at the bingham canyon mine. The bingham canyon porphyry coppergoldmolybdenum deposit is one of the largest and highestgrade porphyry orebodies in the world. Imagery program naip shows what the mine looked like on july 20. Ive been coming here for over 20 years, they have been at the forefront of implementing many strategic mine analysis ideas. Utah copper mine, bingham mining district west mountain mining district, oquirrh mountains, salt lake co. Jul 15, 2016 thanks to these monitoring systems as well as the seismic network operated by the university of utah seismograph stations in the utah region, the bingham canyon mine landslide is one of the best recorded in history. Bingham canyons manefay landslides and the future of the mine. Kennecott utah copperbingham canyon mine atlas obscura.
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