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Murphy Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Manganese, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61334, 37.89274 (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 001S 066E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1000 FT N OF THE COMET MINE

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61334, 37.89274
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 W
    Dip STEEPLY SOUTH
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Comet District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 120-FT SHAFT AND A 60-FT SHAFT (BOTH INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO. NEV.; U. OF NEW MEXICO M.S. THESIS, P. 54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN WITH MINOR PYRITE, OXIDEZED CU MINERALS AND WOLFRAMITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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