Pyrite, Bingham Copper Canyon aka Kennecot Copper Mine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Size: 3.2x3.0x2.8cm
Species: Pyrite
Locality: Bingham Copper Canyon aka Kennecot Copper Mine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Description: Two intergrown pyritohedrons and a matt luster make this a visually pleasing specimen. What makes this piece interesting is that it comes from one of the largest and deepest open pit mines in the world. The size of the mine is roughly 0.75 miles deep, 2.5 miles wide. I have always wanted to take a tour of the mine since I find it so mind boggling how huge this mine is. One of the other reasons this mine is so famous is the slope failure that happened in 2013 one of the largest landslides in recent history happened at the mine. Luckily the slide was anticipated through the use or radar detection of the highwall slope so the mine had been shutdown before the slide occurred.
Size: 3.2x3.0x2.8cm
Species: Pyrite
Locality: Bingham Copper Canyon aka Kennecot Copper Mine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Description: Two intergrown pyritohedrons and a matt luster make this a visually pleasing specimen. What makes this piece interesting is that it comes from one of the largest and deepest open pit mines in the world. The size of the mine is roughly 0.75 miles deep, 2.5 miles wide. I have always wanted to take a tour of the mine since I find it so mind boggling how huge this mine is. One of the other reasons this mine is so famous is the slope failure that happened in 2013 one of the largest landslides in recent history happened at the mine. Luckily the slide was anticipated through the use or radar detection of the highwall slope so the mine had been shutdown before the slide occurred.
Size: 3.2x3.0x2.8cm
Species: Pyrite
Locality: Bingham Copper Canyon aka Kennecot Copper Mine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Description: Two intergrown pyritohedrons and a matt luster make this a visually pleasing specimen. What makes this piece interesting is that it comes from one of the largest and deepest open pit mines in the world. The size of the mine is roughly 0.75 miles deep, 2.5 miles wide. I have always wanted to take a tour of the mine since I find it so mind boggling how huge this mine is. One of the other reasons this mine is so famous is the slope failure that happened in 2013 one of the largest landslides in recent history happened at the mine. Luckily the slide was anticipated through the use or radar detection of the highwall slope so the mine had been shutdown before the slide occurred.
