Ophir

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

Name: Ophir  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

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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