Mine detail: Mary Murphy Group

Previously called 'Mary MurpheyMary Murphy Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.66861, -106.34922

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Calcite, Barite, Fluorite
Orebody form:	vein
Other material:	Pyrite, Cerrusite, Smithsonite, Anglesite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	Probably produced continuously from 1870-1925. Intermittent production from 1926-1951. Production records available for 1901-1949.

Geology

Host rock:	Mount Princeton quartz monzonite
Host type:	Monzonite

References

MRDS	DC02999
DEP	10017155
Reference	{Deposit:: SHARPS, 1963, COLO. SCH. MINES MINERAL IND. BULL., V.6, NO.}{Location:: Mine Map Repo # 408148}{Location:: Mine Map Repo #4 07576}{Reference:: Dings and Robinson, 1957, USGS Prof. Paper 289, p. 98-101.}
Reporter	Conservation Division Files, Spanski, Gregory T., Wilson, Anna B.