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Murphy Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019460
MRDS ID DC10525
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2537, 46.3535 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES BY ROAD UP STEWART GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 013W 17 S2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Group;Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Madison Group;Jefferson Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2537, 46.3535
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N75E
    Dip 65 NW
    Thickness 0.03M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Jefferson Limestone And Madison Fm.

Comments on the geologic information

  • W SIDE OF PHILIPSBURG ANTICLINE NOSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Philipsburg Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry A. Murphy
    Home office Philipsburg, Mt. 59858

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • 700 FT CAVED SHAFT, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTING; BULLDOZING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 2, 21, 22, 25.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-07-1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE IS IN DISSEMINATED BUNCHES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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