Contact Info
12800 S State Route 111
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
- Phone:
- 801-204-2025
- Phone 2:
- 801-204-2025
- Phone 3:
- 801-204-2025
Basics
- Location:
- In the Oquirrh Mountains about 25 miles southwest
- Type:
- Other
Description
Bingham Canyon Copper Mine
Labeled the "Richest Hole on Earth,” where open-pit mining began in 1903, Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Mine is the largest man made excavation on earth: more than 3/4 of a mile deep and 2-1/2 miles wide, and is listed as a National Historic Site.
The award-winning Visitors Center was moved, expanded and modernized during the winter to a new site 300 feet lower within the huge Mine. The 6000 square foot facility is filled with interesting exhibits and displays, four video stations and a 90-seat theater showing a new 16-minute video.
Hours + Fees
Hours:
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. seven days a week.
Season:
April 1 to October 31
Details
Additional Details:
The entire facility is easily accessible to the disabled.
