The Murphy Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.94444, -117.27972
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Murphy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Murphy Mine
Secondary: Ophir Mine
Secondary: Twin River Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Lastreta, Mrs. Goldie
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: Ophir Canyon Mining Co.
Years: 1937 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1863
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toiyabe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: SEAM, CHIMNEYLIKE BODIES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault (N75e, 60n) Which Terminates The Vein.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Development): DISTRICT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1863 BY S. BOULEROND AND A PARTY OF FRENCHMEN. FROM 1866TO 1868, THE VEIN WAS EXPLOITED BY THE TWIN RIVER MINING CO. THE MINE CLOSED AND REOPENED IN 1875. IT OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1890. IT REOPENED IN 1917, WAS TAKEN OVER BY NEVADA OPHIR CO. IN 1918, AND HAD A SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1923. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 8 CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 360 FT (45 DEG) INCLINE SHAFT WITH FOUR LEVELS. AN ADIT AND ANOTHER SHAFT.
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS $922,000
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1863-1864
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 180-184.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G. AND CATHCART, S.H., 1954, GEOL. OF THE ROUND MTN. QUAD: USGS GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-40.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 141
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 181; KLEINHAMPL
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
