Ophir District — TOOELE County

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Ophir District — TOOELE County

Gold Mining Site UT • TOOELE County County
Description
The Ophir district is located between the Camp Floyd and the Bingham Districts and is reached south of Tooele via routes 36 and 73. The Ophir - Rush Valley Districts produced 104,000 ounces of gold. On the west edge of town, The Ophir Mine was a lead - silver mine with a by product of gold. You can find some excellent pyrite crystals on the dumps. In Rush Valley there were a lot of mines as well.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Tom Ashworth). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: tooele_ut.shtml. Area: Ophir District. Map coordinates are an approximate county/area centroid — not a precise claim site. The Ophir district is located between the Camp Floyd and the Bingham Districts and is reached south of Tooele via routes 36 and 73. The Ophir - Rush Valley Districts produced 104,000 ounces of gold. On the west edge of town, The Ophir Mine was a lead - silver mine with a by product of gold. You can find some excellent pyrite crystals on the dumps. In Rush Valley there were a lot of mines as well.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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