Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah
The largest man-made excavation: a copper mine 1.2 km deep and 4 km wide.
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The Standard resolution model is free as STL, 3MF, Colored 3MF, OBJ and a 16-bit heightmap. High resolution samples the place about ten times more finely.
- Region
- Utah, USA
- Position
- 40.5230, -112.1500
- Area
- 5 × 5 km
- Real elevation
- 1,265 to 2,760 m (1,494 m of relief)
- Printed size
- 150 mm (5.9 in) wide, about 1:33,300
- Heights
- 1.5× exaggeration
- Elevation data
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, 1–10 m per point
- Suggested color
- Desert
- Group
- Mines, dams and mountain roads
About Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah
The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is the largest human-made excavation, and deepest open-pit mine in the world, which is considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history – more than 19,000,000 short tons (17,000,000 long tons; 17,000,000 t). The mine is owned by Rio Tinto Group, a British-Australian multinational corporation. The copper operations at Bingham Canyon Mine are managed through Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation which operates the mine, a concentrator plant, a smelter, and a refinery.
From Wikipedia: Bingham Canyon Mine, text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. The article’s history lists its authors.
Questions about Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah
Where is Bingham Canyon Mine?
Bingham Canyon Mine is in Utah, USA at 40.5230, -112.1500. The model covers a 5 by 5 kilometer square around that point.
How high is the terrain in the Bingham Canyon Mine model?
The land in this model runs from 1,265 to 2,760 m (1,494 m of relief). These are the measured heights, printed 1.5 times taller so the shape is easy to see.
Can I 3D print Bingham Canyon Mine?
Yes. Download the free Standard resolution STL and print it on any FDM or resin printer. It is 150 mm wide and about 72.2 mm tall, on a solid 5 mm base, at a scale of about 1:33,300. It also works for CNC carving. Use Customize to change the width, base thickness or height exaggeration, make it round or add a name plate.
How accurate is the Bingham Canyon Mine model?
It is built from real elevation measurements, not an artist's guess: the USGS 3D Elevation Program, mostly airborne laser scans at 1 to 10 meters per point. The shaded picture on this page is made from the same data.
Is the Bingham Canyon Mine model free?
The Standard resolution model is free as STL, 3MF, Colored 3MF, OBJ and a 16-bit heightmap. High resolution samples the place about ten times more finely and is a paid upgrade.
What is a Bingham Canyon Mine terrain model good for?
People use it as a desk piece, an engineering classroom model or a gift for someone who works there.
About this terrain model
Embossify Terra builds Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah from real measured elevation, not an artist's guess. In the United States the heights come from the USGS 3D Elevation Program, mostly airborne laser scans that resolve every 1 to 10 meters.
The model covers a 5 by 5 kilometer square centered on 40.5230, -112.1500. It prints 150 mm (5.9 in) wide on a solid base, a scale of about 1:33,300. The heights are exaggerated 1.5× so the shape is easy to see and feel; you can change that when you customize the model. The sea is flattened to zero, so land stands on a clean base.
New to terrain printing? Read how Terra works. The shaded picture on this page is made by Embossify from the same elevation data.
