The Murphy Prospect is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,461 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: 3,461 Feet (1,055 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 42.10333, -123.18861
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Murphy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Murphy Prospect
Secondary: Rattlesnake Group
Secondary: Noe
Secondary: B & W Mining Co
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Upper Applegate
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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.
Administrative Organization: Rogue River National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert Wells
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1935
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Locally The Rocks In The Shear Zones Are Crushed And Altered To Soft Masses Of Clay, Limonite And Calcite. In Places The Rocks Are Weakly Silicified
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): BASICALLY A MERCURY PROSPECT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE NOT GENETICALLY RELATED TO CINNABAR
Comment (Location): SW/4 SEC 9
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 87
Reference (Deposit): WOLFE, H. D. AND WHITE, D. J., 1951, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TUNGSTEN IN OREGON: ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER 22, P. 19
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