The Murphy Tungsten Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,760 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,760 Feet (1,451 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 35.09, -113.81278
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Murphy Tungsten Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Murphy Tungsten Prospect
Secondary: Wheeler
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wheeler Wash District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1939
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^10 % Wo3
Year: 1939
Material type: CONC
Description: Ap_Grade: ^65 % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES: 0.01 , 0.01 , 0.01 , 0.01 , 0.98 , 1.20 % WO3
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.C. 8078 , P. 90
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 89
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