The South Fork Ophir Canyon Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.35333, -112.22361
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South Fork Ophir Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Fork Ophir Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED FISSURES TRENDING IN N-S, AND N40E DIRECTIONS. THE ORE IS YELLOISH OR GREYISH, SOFT AND PULVERIZED
Comment (Workings): SURFACE WORKINGS (DOZER CUTS)
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS CONFINED TO THE LOWER PART OF THE GREAT BLUE LIMESTONES, BELOW THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MEMBER. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Geology): HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED. SHALES ARE PULVERIZED, CARBONACEOUS, CALEAREOUS, SERIEITIC, KAOLIMITIC AND LIMONITIE. LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY, CHERTY, DOLOMITIC AND SILICIFIED. WALLROCKS ARE INPREGNATED WITH VEINS OF JASPEROID, QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2,454P.
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