Ophir Coalition Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020031
MRDS ID DC12206
Record type Site
Current site name Ophir Coalition Mine
Alternate or previous names Montana Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26441, 40.37438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2152
Relative position 3,070 FT N88E OF DRY MOUNTAIN

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 23 NE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE SILVER-LEAD ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ophir
    Rock description Ophir
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26441, 40.37438

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Near Crest Of Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Localized In Limestone Beds Of The Ophir Fm. Along The Cliff And Canyon Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U. V. Industries
    Home office 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. 1917-1918; 1939-1940

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKING IS VERTICAL SHAFT 500 FT. DEEP WITH INCLINES IN THE LIMESTONES OF THE OPHIR FM.

Comments on development

  • CONSISTED OF 12 PATENTED CLAIMS; LOST BOY, TELLER AND MONTANA MOST PRODUCTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOL AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS. UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 148.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1917, 1918, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1940, 1941, MINERALS YEARBOOK.

  • Deposit

    OLMSTEAD, S.G., 1921, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL. 16, NO. 7, P. 450.

  • Production

    USGS, 1917, 1918; USBM 1940, 1941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO THE OPHIR HILL CONSOLIDATED MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.