The Ophir Hill Mine is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.3711, -112.25810
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Ophir Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ophir Hill Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Ophir Hill Consolidated Mining
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1974
Owner Name: J. Floyd Cannon
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: George Willis Smith
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Not available
References
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