Oquirrh Mountains

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mountain peak mountain range open-pit copper mine

The Oquirrh Mountains are a mountain range in northern Utah known for their rich mining history, including the Bingham Canyon copper mine, and for forming the western boundary of the Salt Lake Valley.

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Label	Occurrences
Oquirrh Mountains canonical	13

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain peak ⓘ mountain range ⓘ open-pit copper mine ⓘ
adjacentTo	Wasatch Range ⓘ surface form: Wasatch Range (across Salt Lake Valley)
contains	Bingham Canyon Mine ⓘ Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ surface form: Kennecott Copper operations
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drainageTo	Great Salt Lake ⓘ surface form: Great Salt Lake basin
elevation	about 10,620 feet ⓘ
formsBoundaryWith	Salt Lake Valley ⓘ
formsWesternBoundaryOf	Salt Lake Valley ⓘ
geology	rich in copper ore ⓘ rich in precious metals ⓘ
hasHumanActivity	mining towns (historical) ⓘ smelting ⓘ
hasLandCover	conifer forests ⓘ sagebrush ⓘ scrub oak ⓘ
hasViewOf	Salt Lake City metropolitan area ⓘ
hasWildlife	elk ⓘ mule deer ⓘ raptors ⓘ
highestPoint	Flat Top Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ
impacts	air quality in Salt Lake Valley (from mining and smelting) ⓘ
knownFor	Bingham Canyon Mine ⓘ copper mining ⓘ mining ⓘ one of the largest open-pit mines in the world ⓘ
locatedIn	Oquirrh Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ Salt Lake County ⓘ surface form: Salt Lake County, Utah Tooele County, Utah ⓘ Utah ⓘ Northern Utah ⓘ surface form: northern Utah
nameEtymology	derived from a Goshute word ⓘ
nameMeaning	“wooded mountain” or “shining mountains” (attributed) ⓘ
near	Great Salt Lake ⓘ
orientation	north–south ⓘ
partOf	Basin and Range Province ⓘ Wasatch Front ⓘ surface form: Wasatch Front region
separates	Salt Lake Valley ⓘ Tooele County, Utah ⓘ surface form: Tooele Valley
usedFor	hiking ⓘ hunting ⓘ mineral extraction ⓘ recreation ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tooele County, Utah → contains → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Salt Lake Valley → borderedBy → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Intermountain West → contains → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Utah Lake → nearMountainRange → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Magna, Utah → locatedNear → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Herriman → hasNearbyMountainRange → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Stansbury Island → hasViewOf → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Copperton → near → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Tooele, Utah → hasNearbyMountainRange → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Stockton, Utah → locatedNear → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Stockton, Utah → hasGeographicalFeatureNearby → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Ophir, Utah → locatedNear → Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ

Oquirrh Mountains → locatedIn → Oquirrh Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Flat Top Mountain