Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver
SecondaryTungsten, Copper, Manganese, Limestone, General
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formWEDGE
Ore controlLimestone Horizons Of Ophir Fm. Especially Copper And Blue Vein, Less In Middle And Big Veins
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Plumbojarosite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wad, Wolframite
GangueCalcite, Diopside, Dolomite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Ophir
StructureDeposit 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 settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Last production1972
Discovery year1864
Identification
Deposit ID10088431
MRDS IDDC12205
Alternate namesOphir Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.37411, -112.26163
References
GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS., UTAH, USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 148-151.WIDEMAN, F.L., OPHIR HILL CONSOLIDATED LEAD-ZINC MINE, TOOELE CO., UTAH: USBM R.I. 4072, 13 P.WEINTRAUB, J., 1957, MINERAL PARAGENESIS AND WALL ROCK ALTERATION AT THE OPHIR MINE, TOOELE CO., UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH M.S. THESIS, 44 P.BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 87-43.CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL 979-A.HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES-PART 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 61.EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM IC-8014, P. 23-24.BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL. 110.JAMES, A.H., 1973, LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 44.WIDEMAN, F.L., 1947, P. 1; JAMES, A.H., 1973, P. 43.