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Area, Ophir District (S.W. Oquirrh Mountains), Tooele Co., Utah, USA

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Original EntryArea, Ophir District (S.W. Oquirrh Mountains), Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Mindat Ref. ID15973703Long-form Identifiermindat:1:5:15973703:5
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Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USAβ“˜ Argentojarosite, β“˜ Aurichalcite, β“˜ Baryte, β“˜ Cerussite, β“˜ Chalcopyrite, β“˜ Chlorargyrite, β“˜ Fluorite, β“˜ Galena, β“˜ Jarosite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Malachite, β“˜ Native Gold, β“˜ Plumbojarosite, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Wad

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Tafuri, W.J. (1987) Geology and geochemistry of the Mercur mining district, Tooele County, Utah. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. of Utah, USA, 180 pp.
RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13
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King, N. R. (2014, October). THE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE FROM LOOKOUT PASS AREA, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE CO., UTAH. In 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Dunham, W. C. and F. H. Gunnell (1948), Lead and Zinc Deposits of Treasure Hill Mines, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 4181.
Weintraub, J. (1957), Mineral Paragenesis and Wall Rock Alteration at the Ophir Mine, Tooele County, Utah, University of Utah MS thesis, 44 pp.
Rigby, J.K., 1958, Geology of the Stansbury Mountains, eastern Tooele County, Utah, in Rigby, J.K., editor, Guidebook to the geology of Utah, no. 13, Geology of the Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah: Utah Geological Society, p. 1–134.
ANDERSON, B.J., 1959, NICKEL-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH
Marty, Joe, Wise, William S. (2008) Minerals from the Hidden Treasure and Other Mines in the Ophir District Tooele County, Utah. Rocks & Minerals, 83 (1) 52-62 doi:10.3200/rmin.83.1.56-64
 
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