Salt Lake County Gold Locations

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Salt Lake County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site UT • Salt Lake County County
Description
Most of the 10,651,000 ounces of gold produced in Salt Lake County came from the world famous Bingham Canyon copper mine which is located about 10 miles southwest of Salt Lake in the Oquirrh Range.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: salt_lake_ut.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Most of the 10,651,000 ounces of gold produced in Salt Lake County came from the world famous Bingham Canyon copper mine which is located about 10 miles southwest of Salt Lake in the Oquirrh Range.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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