Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formPIPE
Ore controlFissures Within 5-10 Degrees Of North
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Aurichalcite, Calamine, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Andradite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Sericite, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Madison Limestone
StructureOquirrh Mtns, Close To Axis Of Ophir Anticline
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10020019
MRDS IDDC12180
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.38827, -112.27191
References
GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 144-146.MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 378-379HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES-PART 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 61.BISSELL, H.J. (ED.), 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MTNS. AND FIVEMILE PASS NORTHERN BOULTER MOUNTAIN AREA, TOOELE AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 14, P. 222.USBM, 1927-1953, MINERAL YEARBOOK