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Murchie Mine

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261374
MRDS ID C011474
MAS/MILS ID 0060570519
Record type Site
Current site name Murchie Mine
Alternate or previous names Murchie, Murchie and Starr, Lone Star Mine
Related records 10101281

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.98773, 39.26519 (WGS84)
Elevation 843
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Bloomfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 009 E 08 SESWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.98773, 39.26519
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empire Star Mines Co., Ltd.
    Home office California
    Year 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 13, 1896, P. 250.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES REPORT, V. 26, 1930, P. 118-119.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 31, 1935, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 37, 1941, P. 458.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 144, 1948, P. 279.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-1990 Ridenour, James 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 California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.