Mine detail: Eureka Ophir Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.38966, -112.27108

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Copper
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Deseret Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Oquirrh Mtns., Near Axis Of Ophir Anticline
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Nearly Complete Oxidation Of Ore

References

MRDS	DC12179
DEP	10020018
Reference	{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 152, PL. 12.}{Deposit:: USGS, 1917, 1918, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES}{Deposit:: USBM, 1927, MINERAL YEARBOOK.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.