Murphy Mine

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

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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.