Ophir Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125721
MAS/MILS ID 0320150021
Record type Site
Current site name Ophir Mine
Alternate or previous names Grand Prize Patent, Mine, Snow Flake, Canon and Canon No. 1 Claims, Pine Oak Claim, Ophir Shaft, Great Republic, Penobscot, Foster, Brannan, Humes Fraction, Ophir, Union Mine, Union Fraction, Empire State Claim, Grizzly Claim, Windy Claim, Gold Breeze Claim, Pearl Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.06203, 39.48492 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 N 044 E 29 NWNWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.06203, 39.48492

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME OPHIR MINE FOUND IN OPHIR CANYON WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS MURPHY MINE (0320230165). NOTE: THE UNION MINE (0320150005) INFORMATION IS KEPT IN THIS REPORT. ANOMALOUS ARSENIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-97 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.