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Ophir Canyon dumps, Oquirrh Range

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: galena, cerussite, wulfenite traces.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Silver-lead camp of the 1870s with dumps up the canyon behind the tiny town

Historic district familiar to Utah mineral collectors.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts

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