Mine detail: Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine

Previously called 'Ophir Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.37411, -112.26163

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Tungsten, Copper, Manganese, Limestone, General
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Plumbojarosite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wad, Wolframite
Gangue:	Calcite, Diopside, Dolomite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Tremolite
Orebody form:	WEDGE
Discovery year:	1864

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1870
Last production ended:	1972

Geology

Host rock:	Ophir
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Deposit Near Crest Of Ophir Anticline, Productive Ground Is Wedge Shaped Block Bounded By Canyon Fault On South, Cliff Fault On Northwest And All Red Fissure On Ne
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	DC12205
DEP	10088431
Reference	{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS., UTAH, USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 148-151.}{Deposit:: WIDEMAN, F.L., OPHIR HILL CONSOLIDATED LEAD-ZINC MINE, TOOELE CO., UTAH: USBM R.I. 4072, 13 P.}{Deposit:: WEINTRAUB, J., 1957, MINERAL PARAGENESIS AND WALL ROCK ALTERATION AT THE OPHIR MINE, TOOELE CO., UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH M.S. THESIS, 44 P.}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 87-43.}{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL 979-A.}{Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES-PART 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 61.}{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM IC-8014, P. 23-24.}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL. 110.}{Deposit:: JAMES, A.H., 1973, LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 44.}{Production:: WIDEMAN, F.L., 1947, P. 1; JAMES, A.H., 1973, P. 43.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.