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Magnetite from
Ophir Mine, Ophir Mining District (Iron Springs Mining District), San Miguel County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ophir Mine, Ophir Mining District (Iron Springs Mining District), San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:380920
Long-form Identifier:1:3:380920:4
GUID (UUID V4):be9b0314-501f-47fb-bcb6-8985b4421d48
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
13.0km (8.1 miles) Idarado Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
16.8km (10.5 miles) Camp Bird Mine, Imogene Basin, Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
20.2km (12.6 miles) Potato Peak, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Rico Argentine Mine, Silver Creek, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) Blaine tunnel (Rico Argentine Mine), Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) Eldorado Claim (MS 16686; Patented Claim: El Dorado), Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) Great Western Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
25.6km (15.9 miles) Magnet Prospect, Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
26.0km (16.1 miles) Iron Clad Mine, Gold Hill, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
References
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Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
Telluride Colorado GEOLOGICAL SU R VEY BULLETIN Prepared in cooperation 'with the Colorado State Geological...Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board 1112-G Geology and Mineral Deposits...Deposits of the Area South of Telluride Colorado By JOHN S. VHAY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GEOLOGICAL...cooperation with the Colorado State Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board UNITED...formation________________________________________ San Juan breccia_______________________-_____________-____
Report (issue)
Selected Mining Districts of Utah by Carl L. Ege Headframe of Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic mining district... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 What is a mining district? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 How many mining districts are there in Utah and are they still...mineral resources are mined in Utah’s most productive mining districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...most common types of ore deposits found in Utah’s mining districts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
the Mount Wilson Quadrangle Western San Juan Mountains Colorado By CALVIN S. BROMFIELD GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Tertiary_ _ _ _ ___ ____________ __ __ _____ _____ San Juan Formation___________________________________...______________________________ Wilson Peak and Ophir stocks___________________________________ ~icro...major intrusive rocks to igneous rocks of western San Juan Mountains_____________________________________...Comparison of eastern San Miguel Mountains with laccolithic centers of the Colorado Plateau___________________________
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Locatable Mineral Reports for Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming provided to the U.S.............................................. 1 COLORADO ..................................................... . . ............ 10 Pike National Forest County of El Paso (Black Forest) Land Exchange Offer ...Land Exchange Offer ........................... 147 San Juan and Uncompahgre National Forests Jack B. Kelley...Exchange Offer ................... 221 FIGURES COLORADO Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee
Report (volume)
............................................. Colorado........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ....................................deposits of some others, such as clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general terms. One material...to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely
Report (volume)
Resources of the Wilson Mountains Primitive Area, Colorado By CALVIN S. BROMFIELD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Wilson Mountains Primitive Area and vicinity, Colorado. This bulletin is one of a series of similar reports...___________________________________ Trout Lake mining district________.._____________-___-----_San Bernardo...prospects______________________-____-----------Mount Wilson mining district________-----------_-_-_------Silver Pick...area.___._________________---_--__-_Morning Star mine.____________________-_---_----Magpie mine______
Report (issue)
.. : ......... · Correlation with Wyoming and Colorado .. ................................................. . ...... _. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ophir formation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...INTRODUCTION. reports are those on the Mercur district, by J. E. Spurr and S. F. Emmons; the Bingham...Bingham The senior author, J3. S. Butler, began district, by J. M. Boutwell, Arthur Keith, and field work on...deposits of Utah in the S. F. Emmons; the Park City district, by J. M. FIELD .WORK AND AUTHORSHIP. summer
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan, Isère, France...Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen...photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals,...Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. A Acanthite, Colorado, 442; Utah
Book
AGRICULTURE; AND PROFESSOR OF MINERAL– oGY, GEology, AND MINING, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE OF the COLLEGE OF... F O R T H E 1866. A U T. H. O. R. - ºr SAN FRANCIsco, March 6th, 1866. I. N. HoAG, Esq., Secretary...of the Mechanics' Fair Exhibition, California. Mining and Scientific Press, Octo ber, 1864; vol. 10,...en Californie. 8vo. pamphlet. Geneva, 1855. MINING MAGAZINE. and 2. 12 vols. 8vo. New York. Second...York and New Ilaven. MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PREss. MoERAs, DUFLOT DE. 4to. San Francisco. Explorations
Report (issue)
___________ ____ __ ________ ____ Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ Cache..._ __ __ _______ __ _______ __ __ Dry Canyon and Ophir districts_____________________________ Lion Hill..._______________________________ American Fork district (Alta area)___________________________ Alpine...district________________________________________ Fish Springs district_ _ ____ ___ ______ __________ __ _______..._________________ Summerville, Emery, or Lost Springs district__________________ Sevier County______
Report (volume)
deposits of some others, such as clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general terms. One material...it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof
Report (issue)
_________________ ___. Nevada ___________ Elko County. - ______ ... _ Star mine, Harrison Pass _____ ____ Pag« 59...63 Good Hope barite mine, Tuscarora Range _____ _ ._. ________ Humboldt County Golconda manganese-tungsten...Ltd., mine...... --_--______.______ Lincoln County__-__-----_-----_-----___ Tern Piute district.........district____ .________..__ Nevada Scheelite mine.. _ ______ Hooper No. 2 mine __ _____ _ _ Yankee Girl mine_______________...Mountains_____________.____ Desert Scheelite mine..... _______ Gunmetal mine _ ___________ _ Manganese-tungsten
Book (volume)
...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Report (issue)
imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Denver, Colorado 2Menlo Park, California 1996 NONTECHNICAL EXECUTIVE...was discovered in the region in Powell County in 1852. Mining began in the 1860's, and since then the...References cited F. Mineral resource geology of mining districts/areas Lincoln Region by R.G. Tysdal,...G. Tysdal, E.A. du Bray, and J.W. Whipple York district Geologic setting Mineral deposits Sediment-hosted...Exhalative, Au iii Vein, Au-bearing Confederate Gulch district and Southern Big Belt area Geologic setting Mineral
Report (issue)
General Geology and Mines of the East Tintic Mining District, Utah and Juab Counties, Utah GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...General Geology and Mines of the East Tintic: Mining District, Utah and juab Counties, Utah By H. T. MORRIS...LOVERING With sections on THE GEOLOGY OF THE BURGIN MINE By A. PAUL MOGENSEN, W. M. SHEPARD, H. T. MORRIS... and S. M. SMITH and THE GEOLOGY OF THE TRIXIE MINE By A. PAUL MOGENSEN, H. T. MORRIS, and S. M. SMITH...highly productive silver, gold, and base-metal mining district in the east-central Great Basin UNITED STATES
Report (issue)
______ Tintic quartzite. __-__-_---_---_-___________ Ophir formation____________________________ Lower shale...Fernow quartz latite.____________-_-_-_-Laguna Springs latite-______________ Basalt-....----------------------Age...Characteristic exposure, middle limestone member of Ophir formation _____________________________________...7. Banded limestone, middle limestone member of Ophir formation____________________________________._____...fragments of weathered shale, upper shale member of Ophir formation ________________________ 22 9. Mottled
Report (issue)
by Mead LeRoy Jensen Kennecott's Bingham Canyon mine, the world's largest open pit, symbolizes the importance...Interpretation of Laramide structure in the Mineral Range-San Francisco Mountains -Wah Wah Mountains region Utah...Churchill Province of Northern Utah and Western Colorado Structure . . . Geochronology. . . 79 79 The...intrusion: zinc distribution 3. Alta intrusion: iron distribution 4. Clayton Peak intrusion: copper distribution...intrusion: zinc distribution 6. Clayton Peak intrus ion: iron distribution Plate 1. 117 117 118 120 121 121
Report (issue)
MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST F. F...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this...localities new and quently the The second list ^Mining' State Mineralogist. This known localities...literature of a general nature on the geology and mining industry of the State. bibliography of A. may...The excellent Vodges, Bulletin 30 of the State Mining Bureau, be referred to for such literature. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades...exploration activity occurs on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone...article does not give permis- Lincoln district: The Creole mine, located at the south end of the Mineral...Utah. x Caineville Iron Sptings IRON X i xAntimony Big Zndia X % GARFIELD SAN JUAN x Orderville
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent... Pyrrhotite appears to be been reported in just a single mine in the East Belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills...(Malcolm, 1912), galena was widely considered by mine operators to be correlated with better gold grades...was described in a carbonate quartz veinlet in one mine in the Mother Lode system (Knopf, 1929). Method
Report (issue)
nomenclature. ^.S. Geological Survey Denver, Colorado 2U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia *Now......................... CURRENT STATUS OF MAJOR MINING DISTRICTS......................... 28 28 37 39.......................................... Recent Mining Activity References..............................Hill.............................................. Ophir and Stockton (Rush Valley)........................section illustrating metal zonation in the Bingham district............................ TABLES Table 1. Current
Report (issue)
SOME MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA. By J. T. PARDEB. INTRODUCTION. The deposits described...recently from the deposits near Renova, but formerly iron ore was shipped to the smelters at Butte and used...principal impurities are calcium carbonate and oxides of iron. The percentage of silica is very low. Locally the...brownish red and pink because of small amounts of iron and manganese oxides distributed through it. The...of this discolored limestone, the manganese and iron being in part dissolved and redeposited in open
Report (issue)
limestone or dolomite. It is a useful ore guide in many mining districts UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE........... Characteristics of jasperoid in major mining districts of the United States ..................................................... Tri-State district, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri ................Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona .............................. Bisbee (Warren) district, Arizona .......Ely (Robinson) district, Nevada .............................. Leadville district, Colorado ...........
 
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