The Ophir Canyon Prospect is a lead, silver, and iron mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Iron
Lat, Long: 40.38333, -112.23472
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Ophir Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ophir Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir 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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fault And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONES ARE BRECCIATED CHERTY, DARK GRAY TO BLACK WITH VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE; SHALES ARE PULVERIZED, BROWN TO BLACK, AND AT PLACES CARBONACEOUS, SERICITIC AND KAOLINITIC
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 38, 410 P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 672 P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, 171 P.
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.
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