Murphy Mine

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187175
MRDS ID M007918
MAS/MILS ID 0060170021
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy Mine
Related records 10030020

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.95042, 38.5427 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Latrobe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 009 E 14 S2S2SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Morganite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.95042, 38.5427

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 80W
    Length 62M
    Width 6.1M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N20E:80W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Latrobe District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eglopf, William And Laura
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    First year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner El Dorado Chrome Co, Lease 1953
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Edward Hadsel And Jerry Grant Sub-Lease 1953
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALF JOUR MINE & GEOL,V52,P387, 1956

  • Deposit

    CDM AND G BULL 134 PT3 SIERRA NEVADA,CHAP4 PP123-124, 194

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CR TO FE RATIO 27:1 GRADE,CR2O3 14%,(1953)CAL JOUR OF MINE RESERVE ESTIM.1500 TONS.RECORD 701. PAST PRODUCTION 3000 TONS UPTO 1918, 2000 TON PROD 1942,AN XIMATELY 1500 TONS IN 1953. -INSUFFICENT RESOURCE FOR COSTIN DERABLE PROMISE FOR FURTHER DISCOVERIES WITH EXPLOR AT DEPTH ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E,COARSE GRAINED=S102 2.86,CR2O3 52.98,FEO 15.10,TOTAL FE 17 03 9.45,MGO 9.95,CR/FE 2.64.DISSEMINATED ORE,FINEDGRAINED=S1 CR2O3 51.15,FEO 14.93,TOTAL FE 16.08,AL203 9.45,MGO 11.19,CR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Stinson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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