Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formPIPE
Ore controlFissures Trending Within, 5-10 Degrees Of North
Materials
GangueActinolite, Andradite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Sericite, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Madison Limestone
StructureOquirrh Mtns., Close To Axis Of Ophir Anticline, Near Prominent Rhyolite Porphyry Dike
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10102071
MRDS IDDC12183
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.38494, -112.26552
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.GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 145.