Mine detail: Ophir Mine

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Location: Elmore County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.70128, -115.27124
dep_id: 10070009
mrds_id: W007842
mas_id: 160390024
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Steigner, William D., Everett, Sandra E., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_unit: Idaho Batholith
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
References:
  • Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1943, Geology Of The Gold - Bearing Lodes Of Rocky Bar Dist., Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 31
  • Deposit:: Idaho Dept. Of Labor And Industrial Services, July 1974-June 1975, First Annual Rept. Addendum, 95 P.
  • Deposit:: Mining Industry Of Idaho, 1973-1974, 71st Annual Report, 98 P.
  • Deposit:: Wagner, W.R.T., 1939, The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Rocky Bar District, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis, 32 P.
  • Deposit:: 1943 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65
  • Deposit:: 1974 Compile Mining Industry Of Idaho, 71st Annual Report
  • Deposit:: 1975 Compile Idaho Dept. Of Labor And Industrial Services, First Annual Report Addendum
  • Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1943, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 31
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