Mine detail: Murphy Prospect

Previously called 'Rattlesnake GroupNoeB & W Mining Co'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.10316, -123.18975

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Secondary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1935

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group
Host type:	Metavolcanic Rock
Structure:	Shear Zone
Alteration processes:	Locally The Rocks In The Shear Zones Are Crushed And Altered To Soft Masses Of Clay, Limonite And Calcite. In Places The Rocks Are Weakly Silicified

References

MRDS	M055848
DEP	10040953
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 87}{Deposit:: WOLFE, H. D. AND WHITE, D. J., 1951, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TUNGSTEN IN OREGON: ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER 22, P. 19}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.