The Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,909 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: 6,909 Feet (2,106 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.37417, -112.26083
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Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Ophir Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Limestone, General
Secondary: Tungsten
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U. V. Industries (U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.)
Home Office: 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111
Owner Name: Mcfarland And Hullinger
Home Office: Tooele, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Year Last Production: 1972
Discovery Year: 1864
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Physiographic Detail: Southern Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: WEDGE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit Near Crest Of Ophir Anticline
Type: L
Description: Productive Ground Is Wedge Shaped Block Bounded By Canyon Fault On South, Cliff Fault On Northwest And All Red Fissure On Ne
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
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
Analytical Data: TENOR OF ORE IN LATER YEARS: 1.3 PERCENT CU, 5.5-6 PERCENT PB, 6-7 OZ. AG, 4-8 PERCENT ZN, 12 PERCENT FE
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Tremolite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): BISMUTH, ARSENIC, AND GOLD PRESENT IN VERY SMALL AMOUNTS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Reserve-Resource): JAMES, A.H., 1973, P. 43.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION 1870-1926 VALUED AT 15 TO 20 MILLION DOLLARS; THREE SHIPMENTS OF SCHEELITE ORE IN 1954 AND 1955 ASSAYED .34 PERCENT WO3 AND .42 PERCENT WO3
Comment (Development): MINE CLOSED WHEN MIDVALE CUSTOM MILL CLOSED
Comment (Deposit): ORE CONCENTRATED IN 7 LIMESTONE HORIZONS IN OPHIR FM., FROM TOP DOWN THEY ARE: BROWN VEIN (13 FT), BLACK VEIN (4 FT), ORANGE (TOP) VEIN (5 FT), YELLOW (BIG) VEIN (30 FT), RED (MIDDLE) VEIN (20 FT.), GREEN, (COPPER) VEIN (5 FT), BLUE VEIN (20 FT)
Comment (Workings): MANY THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS, MAIN ENTRANCE ON 1000 FT. LEVEL, 2400 FT LONG DRAIN TUNNEL PORTAL IS WEST OF OPHIR DRAINS 200 GALLONS OF WATER PER MINUTE
Comment (Geology): A NW TRENDING RHYOLITE DIKE (SACRAMENTO DIKE) OCCURS WEST OF MINE; TWO SMALL KERSANTITE DIKES ALSO IN AREA, MINERALIZATION IS POST FAULTING
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBERS DC12228, 12204 AND 12201 PROBABLY ALL REFER TO THIS MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS., UTAH, USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 148-151.
Reference (Deposit): WIDEMAN, F.L., OPHIR HILL CONSOLIDATED LEAD-ZINC MINE, TOOELE CO., UTAH: USBM R.I. 4072, 13 P.
Reference (Deposit): WEINTRAUB, J., 1957, MINERAL PARAGENESIS AND WALL ROCK ALTERATION AT THE OPHIR MINE, TOOELE CO., UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH M.S. THESIS, 44 P.
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 87-43.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL 979-A.
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES-PART 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 61.
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM IC-8014, P. 23-24.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL. 110.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, A.H., 1973, LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 44.
Reference (Production): WIDEMAN, F.L., 1947, P. 1; JAMES, A.H., 1973, P. 43.
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