Murphy Prospect

The Murphy Prospect is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,461 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Murphy Prospect  

State:  Oregon

County:  Jackson

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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