Mine detail: Ophir Canyon Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 40.38327, -112.23552

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver, Iron
Ore: Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Silver
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Upper Madison Limestone And Lower Deseret Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Basin And Range, Fault And Fractures
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDSD008591
DEP10012739
Reference{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 38, 410 P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 672 P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, 171 P.}{Deposit:: STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.}
ReporterMohammad, Hasan, Spanski, Gregory T.