| Deposit ID | 60001644 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002885 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Ophir-Rush Valley District |
| Alternate or previous names | Stockton |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.285, 40.39324 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stockton(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| (1) | -112.285, 40.39324 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | OPHIR ANTICLINE (NW), NW AND NE TRENDING FAULTS; DOME AT OPHIR., ORE CONC. IN N-S FISSURES |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | NW FOLDING, NS BASIN-RANGE FAULTING EW FAULTING |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1864 |
| Discoverer | Soldiers Of Gen. Conner |
| Year of first production | 1870 |
| District name | OPHIR-RUSH VALLEY DISTRICT |
|---|
BUTLER, B. S., LOUGHLIN, GF AND HEIKES, V. C. AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 672P.
GANSL, G. C., AND KEEP, CA, 1910, OPHIR DISTRICT, MINING WORLD, VOL 12, P. 17.
BRISBANE, R.B., 1908, MINING AND MILLING AT STOCKTON, UTAH: ENG AND MINING JOUR, VOL 85, P. 611.
WILSON, G. B., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE HONORINE MINE, STOCKTON, UTAH, ENG. AND MIN JOUR VOL 85 P. 869
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