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Ophir Mine

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033070
MRDS ID M014971
Record type Site
Current site name Ophir Mine
Related records 10176985

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.78467, 44.70735 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Susanville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 033E 07 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE LIES SOUTH OF THE BADGER SHAFT ON THE SLOPE TOWARD THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE JOHN DAY RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) Clastic rocks and andesite flows
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 E
    Dip 55 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STRINGERS ARE PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY. SOME APLITE OCCURS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Susanville

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 340 FEET OF TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 145

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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