The Ophir Claims Block is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Ophir Claims Block MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ophir Claims Block
Secondary: Gold Reef Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: Lu. Larson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): AT SAM LOC 776 A SHAFT & OPEN PROSPECT EXPLORE A N20W, 50SW STRIKING OXID. & FRACTURED ZONE IN A LT BLUE-GRY SERICITIZED INTERMEDIATE VOLC? RK OR SUB-INTRUSIVE. THE SHAFT DOES NOT APPEAR TO FOLLOW THE STRUCTURE UNLESS IT INTERCEPTS IT AT DEPTH. BOTH WORKINGS ARE IN A RESISTANT OTCP OF FE-STAINED, FRACTURED & JOINTED ALTERED, VOLC. WITH SILIC GRNDMASS, OXID MAFICS, & KAOLIN OR SERICITIZED PLAG. PHENOS. THE OTCP SHOWS A NUMBER OF LOW SHEARS WHICH ARE MINOR IN SCALE. THE HOST RK IS BRXIATED & CONTAINS SOME PYRITE GHOSTS & OXID. XTALS. THE SHEARS ARE FLAT LYING & UNDULATORY. A SYSTEM OR JOINTS IS DEVELOPED WHICH DIPS TO THE E. QTZITE? BRX. WITH SILIC & FE-OX WAS FOUND ON DUMP & INCLUDED IN SAMPLE. SAMPLE SHOWS, PYRITE GHOSTS & POCKETS OF SERCITE, FELDSPARS ARE REPLACED BY SERICITE IN VOLC SAMPLES. EXTENSIVE TRENCHES OF E OF SAM LOC ARE IN QTZITE & METAPELITIC ALLUVIUM. DUMP RK SHOWS SOME, FLOURITE COATINGS & POSS. QTZ VEIN MATERIAL.
Comment (Location): WESTERN CREST OF RANGE, HEAD OF OPHIR CANYON
References
Reference (Deposit): OBSERVATION
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
