Mine detail: Ophir Valley

Previously called 'Nevada Gulch, Silver Tip Lower Yellow Jacket, Chapman GulchNew Dominion'

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Location: San Miguel County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.85001, -107.81731
dep_id: 10008368
mrds_id: D000461
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: ELLIPTICAL CHIMNEY (NEVADA GULCH)
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: King, Robert, Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
References:
  • Deposit:: WORCESTER, 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN COLO.: COLO. G.S. BULL. 14
  • Deposit:: VHAY, J.S., VARNES, D.J., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPT ON MOLYBDENUM PROSPECTS, OPHIR VALLEY, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLO: UNPUB REPT
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