The Eureka Ophir Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,219 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,219 Feet (2,505 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.38972, -112.27028
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Eureka Ophir Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eureka Ophir Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Oquirrh Mtns.
Type: L
Description: Near Axis Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Nearly Complete Oxidation Of Ore
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 6 PERCENT PB, 6 PERCENT CU, 9 OZ. AG, 25 CENTS IN AU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM 1913-1921 AND 1927, PRODUCTION RECORDED FOR 1917, 1918 AND 1927
Comment (Workings): OPENED BY INCLINED SHAFT 300 FEET DEEP, BADLY CAVED IN 1932
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 152, PL. 12.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1917, 1918, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1927, MINERAL YEARBOOK.
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