| Deposit ID | 10087283 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D006111 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Murphy Mine |
| Related records | 10227190 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.40719, 39.83356 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1875 |
| Relative position | MINE IS LABELED ON TOPO MAP |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cherry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 011S | 005W | 28 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc |
| Rock description | Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites |
| Rock description | Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -112.40719, 39.83356 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | West Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D006111 |
STRINGHAM, B F, 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL, V 53, NO 2
PERRY, L I & MCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SS #22
1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 111
1945 RECON HOBBS, S W, USGS OPEN FILE RPT
1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC 8014
EVERTS, M L, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SUR.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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