The Opex Prospect is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,975 feet.
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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: 6,975 Feet (2,126 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.93611, -112.12000
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Opex Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Opex Prospect
Secondary: Empire Mines Co
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Overturning Of Near Vertical Beds
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): MAMMOTH GULCH AREA NORTH OF MAMMOTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Geology): LINDGREN (1918) DESCRIBES MINE IN DETAIL; N50A-RHYOLITE DIKES
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870S
Comment (Development): DEEP EXPLORATION BY KNIGHT INVESTMENT GROUP TO 1916 APPARENTLY FAILED TO FIND ORE
Comment (Deposit): A PROSPECT
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): TOWER, G.W., JR., 1900, TINTIC SPECIAL FOLIO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S. FOLIO 65.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1918, THE COPPER HANDBOOK; THE MINES HANDBOOK CO., NEW YORK P. 1408.
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