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Murphy Divide Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102810
MRDS ID M006908
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy Divide Mine
Related records 10162781

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.4535, 38.14713 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position NEAR N PART OF MURPHYS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphys(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 014E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNTS OF LEAD FOR THIS AREA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO CARRY 20 - 60 OZ AG, 2 OZ AU AND 10 % PB PER TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.4535, 38.14713
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1918 AND 1934 - 1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 7.285HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 150 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 50 , 100 AND 150 FT AND 100 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 170

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 277 - 278

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 ); LOGAN ( 1932 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, REPLACEMENT VEIN IN LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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