The Murphy is a chromium mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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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
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Murphy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Murphy
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. C. Egloff
Owner Name: Edward Hadsel And Jerry Grant
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): ABOUT 3000 TONS OF ORE FROM PROPERTY MILLED DURING WWI AND IN 1942 2000 TONS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED. DURING FIRST HALF OF 1953 ABOUT 100 TONS OF ORE PER DAY WERE PRODUCED FOR A FEW MONTHS WITH AVERAGE TENOR SAID TO BE 14 PERCENT CR2O3. IDLE SINCE 1953.
Comment (Workings): TWO OPEN PITS, THE LARGER BEING 200 FT. LONG AND 10 TO 30 FT. WIDE WITH A 25-FT. FACE AT NORTH END.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 387, 472
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP 4, PP. 123-4, AND PL. 8
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