The Ophir Coalition Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,060 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,060 Feet (2,152 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.37444, -112.26361
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Ophir Coalition Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ophir Coalition Mine
Secondary: Montana Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U. V. Industries
Home Office: 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Southern Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Near Crest Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LOW GRADE SILVER-LEAD ORE
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Production): PROD. 1917-1918; 1939-1940
Comment (Development): CONSISTED OF 12 PATENTED CLAIMS; LOST BOY, TELLER AND MONTANA MOST PRODUCTIVE
Comment (Deposit): GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO THE OPHIR HILL CONSOLIDATED MINE
Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKING IS VERTICAL SHAFT 500 FT. DEEP WITH INCLINES IN THE LIMESTONES OF THE OPHIR FM.
References
Reference (Deposit): OLMSTEAD, S.G., 1921, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL. 16, NO. 7, P. 450.
Reference (Production): USGS, 1917, 1918; USBM 1940, 1941
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOL AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS. UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 148.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1917, 1918, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1940, 1941, MINERALS YEARBOOK.
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