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North Murphy Prospect

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090109
MRDS ID W027210
Record type Site
Current site name North Murphy Prospect
Related records 10202722

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.37487, 38.53138 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position APPROX. 5.55 MILES WEST OF WARNER LAKE, .25 MILE SOUTH OF WILSON MESA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warner Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 023E 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SW 1/4, NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 OF SECTION 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.37487, 38.53138
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Wilson Mesa

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Murphy, Nick (And Others)

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD HAS BEEN RECOVERED PROBABLY AMOUNTING TO LESS THAN AN OUNCE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND CUBIC YARDS OF GOLD BEARING GRAVEL LIE CAPPING THE RIDGES SOUTH OF WILSON MESA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.026HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF DOZER CUTS IN THE GRAVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1911 RECON HILL, JAMES, M. BULLETIN 530 , P. 99 - 118

  • Production

    PERRY, LEE I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD BEARING GRAVEL OCCUR ON TOP OF LOW RIDGE SOUTH OF WILSON MESA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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