Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine

The Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,516 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Montana Mine
Secondary: Ophir Coalition

Commodity

Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper

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

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: U. V. Industries
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: UtahUniversity Club Bldg, Salt Lake City, Utah
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1864
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Diopside

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE RESERVES BASED ON PUB. LEAD-ZINC RESOURCES ALLAN JAMES ( WORKINGS ARE FLOODED BELOW 1200 FOOT LEVEL REC 120- MINE LIFE = 2 YRS MINE CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST (COST DATA BASED ON 1976) ACQUISITION $ EXPLORATION 146,000 DEVELOPMENT (SURF + UNDERGRD) 219,300 EQUIPMENT 320,400 WORKING CAPITAL 248,200 TOTAL CAPITAL $933,900 OPERATING COST- #/METRIC TON $9.53 REFER TO BACK-UP FILE FOR COST DATA REC 160- MINED ORE WOULD NEED TO BE SHIPPED TO CUSTOM MILL. THEN CONCENTRATE SHIPPED TO BUNKER HILL SMELTER IN IDAHO.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO COMMERCIAL FLUORSPAR IS AVAILABLE FROM THE OPHIR MINE,ITS PRESENCE MUST BE REGARDED AS A MINOR OCCURRENCE OF FLUORITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): R.I. 4072 OPHIR HILL CONSOLIDATEDLEAD-ZINC MINE BY BUREAU OF

Reference (Deposit): THE STOCKTON DISTRICT BYUSGS 1932 PROF PAPER 173

Reference (Deposit): PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH MR. DON WILLEY OF U.V. INDUSTRI

Reference (Deposit): PUBLICATION LEAD-ZINC RESOURCES BY ALLAN H. JAMES 1973 FOR

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, P. 202.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): USMS OPEN-FILE RPT.22,LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH, 1976, 451-453.

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