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Murphy Prospect

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Manganese, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198043
MRDS ID M241581
MAS/MILS ID 0320170459
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy Prospect
Related records 10046424

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.61334, 37.89276 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 S 066 E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.61334, 37.89276
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940126

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Comet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: MS THESIS, UNIV. OF

  • Deposit

    NEW MEXICO, SOCORRO, NM, P. 54.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-94 Stevenson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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