Abandoned Record
About Bingham Canyon
Bingham Canyon was a city formerly located in southwestern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. The Bingham Canyon area boomed during the first years of the twentieth century, as rich copper deposits in the canyon began to be developed, and at its peak the city had approximately 15,000 residents.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Bingham Canyon, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Bingham Canyon is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Bingham Canyon
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1885 Tooele Valley sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1952 Bingham Canyon sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Tooele sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Tooele sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1979 Tooele sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1997 Bingham Canyon sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Bingham Canyon
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Utah index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Bingham Canyon, Utah": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q4914198.
- USGS GNIS 1425580.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).