Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryGold, Zinc, Copper
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale
Associated rockDiorite · Birdseye Monzonite Porphyry
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Last production1936
Identification
Deposit ID10020035
MRDS IDDC12214
Alternate namesTintic Ophir Mines Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.35938, -112.2458
References
BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 139-140