The Ophir is a lead, zinc, copper, arsenic, gold, and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.85889, -118.32778
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Ophir MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ophir
Secondary: Valley Queen
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Bald Mountain
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.02 % PB
Analytical Data: 0.008 % CU
Analytical Data: 0.31 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: SIX DUMP SAMPLES TAKEN BY YOUNG (1979) HAVE AN ARITHMATIC AVERAGE VALUE OF 0.07 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: AND 0.39 % AS
Analytical Data: 0.30 % ZN
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON BALDY CREEK, 1 1/2 MILES EAST OF MONUMENTAL MINE
Comment (Workings): LAST WORK WAS DONE IN 1933 ; NO ORE WHICH COULD BE MINED PROFITABLY WAS FOUND.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN OCCUPIES A FISSURE, AND RUNS NEARLY EAST AND WEST WITH A STEEP DIP TO THE SOUTH. BOTH WALLS SHOW PLAINLY ON ORE SPECIMENS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ODGMI, BULL. 14-B, P. 58
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS
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