| Deposit ID | 10276290 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490450006 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ophir Hill Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.2589, 40.37104 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2073 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ophir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Federal(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 005 S | 004 W | 23 | E2 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -112.2589, 40.37104 |
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| Strike | N00E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 65E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 12M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 8HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1917 |
| District name | Dugway District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ophir Hill Consolidated Mining |
| Home office | Utah |
| Year | 1974 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Willis Smith |
| Home office | Utah |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. Floyd Cannon |
| Home office | Utah |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490450006 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Unknown | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.