 The figure below shows a comparison of two satellite images used to identify the changes in the Bingham Canyon Mine between 1985 and 2016



The Bingham Canyon ore deposits occur in the Bingham nappe.They are a porphyry copper deposit, formed by a quartz monzonite porphyry intruded into sedimentary rocks.They exhibit a concentric alteration pattern and mineralogic zonation around the Bingham stock.