Mine detail: South Fork Ophir Canyon Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.35327, -112.22441

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Gold
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Aurichalcite, Cerargyrite, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Realgar
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Bir * Eye Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008520
DEP	10012690
Reference	{Deposit:: BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2,454P.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan