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Murphy

Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109421
MRDS ID M020938
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy
Alternate or previous names Copper Ace, Copper Jack, Copper King, Copper Queen, And Copper Ten.
Related records 10141725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.33944, 40.42235 (WGS84)
Relative position IN THE HYAMPOM VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naufus Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 001N 007E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.33944, 40.42235
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 72 NE
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1951

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATION WAS UNPROFITABLE - WAS SHUT DOWN. DEPOSIT IS WORKED INTERMITTENLY FOR ORNAMENTS.

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A 400 FT. ADIT. - SOME BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 : TRINITY COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.: CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 881

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TRINITY COUNTY; COUNTY REPT. 4 : CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 22 , 62 .

  • Production

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965 , P. 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN FINE-GRAINED DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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