Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPIPE
Ore controlBedding And North Trending Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueDiopside
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Deseret Limestone
StructureOquirrh Mtns., Ophir Anticline
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10020021
MRDS IDDC12185
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.38911, -112.27386
References
GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 152.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 379.HUNTLEY, D.B., 1880, U.S. TENTH CENSUS, VOL. 13, P. 454.MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY