The Ophir Mine is a copper mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Ophir Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ophir Mine
Secondary: Reservior and Ophip Patents
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Ophir District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Clifford Gravely
Home Office: Avon, Mt.
Owner Name: Francis Slaughtner
Home Office: 711 4th St., Deer Lodge, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): E SIDE OF OPHIR CREEK.
Comment (Production): PRODUCED $1,000. CHIEFLY COPPER, SOME GOLD. PRIOR TO 1911. PRODUCING IN 1959.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS BETWEEN QUARTZITE AND QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): SAID TO BE PROMISING FOR FUTURE PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 33, 29.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 98, P. 30, 32.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 34.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
