Murphy Prospect

The Murphy Prospect is a manganese mine located in Humboldt county, California.

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:  California

County:  Humboldt

Elevation:

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 40.21667, -123.54167

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Murphy Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Murphy Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Manganese


Location

State: California
County: Humboldt


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Dave Murphy


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

Comment (Production): ABOUT 20 TONS OF RATHER SILICEOUS ORE IN SIGHT ON ONE OUTCROP, THE ONLY ONE ON WHICH FURTHER PROSPECTING WOULD BE JUSTIFIED

Comment (Workings): NO DEVELOPMENTS.

Comment (Deposit): THIS IS 1/2 MI. SO. OF ALDERPOINT- ROAD ACCORDING TO LOCATION IN BULL. 152 AND MAYBE IN SEC. 19 RATHER THAN 7 AS DESCRIBED. SILICEOUS PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE. SEVERAL SIMILAR VEINS WITHIN 1/2 MI.


References

Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152, 1950, P. 71

Reference (Deposit): USBM R.I. 5579, P. 6


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