Bingham Canyon Mine

19064 km wideCopper

CountryUSA

RegionUtah

Year Opened1906

Size/Depth4 km wide

MineralCopper

About Bingham Canyon Mine

The largest man-made excavation on Earth, visible from space. Over 19 million tonnes of copper extracted. The pit is 1.2 km deep and 4 km wide. A massive landslide in 2013 moved 165 million tonnes of earth. One of the most productive copper mines in history.

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