The North Murphy Prospect is a gold mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 6,880 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.53139, -109.37417
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North Murphy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Murphy Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Wilson Mesa
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Ownership
Owner Name: Murphy, Nick (And Others)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Wilson Mesa
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION SW 1/4, NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 OF SECTION 22
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD HAS BEEN RECOVERED PROBABLY AMOUNTING TO LESS THAN AN OUNCE
Comment (Deposit): GOLD BEARING GRAVEL OCCUR ON TOP OF LOW RIDGE SOUTH OF WILSON MESA.
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF DOZER CUTS IN THE GRAVEL.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SEVERAL THOUSAND CUBIC YARDS OF GOLD BEARING GRAVEL LIE CAPPING THE RIDGES SOUTH OF WILSON MESA
References
Reference (Production): PERRY, LEE I.
Reference (Deposit): 1911 RECON HILL, JAMES, M. BULLETIN 530 , P. 99 - 118
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