Colorado · Chaffee County
Past Producer
Mary Murphy Group
Chaffee County, Colorado, United States
Silver
Gold
Zinc
Lead
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead
Secondary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Model
85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit size
Y
Orebody form
vein
Materials
Ore minerals
Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue
Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Calcite, Barite, Fluorite
Other materials
Pyrite, Cerrusite, Smithsonite, Anglesite
Geology
Host rock
Monzonite · Mount Princeton quartz monzonite
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Production years
Probably produced continuously from 1870-1925. Intermittent production from 1926-1951. Production records available for 1901-1949.
Identification
Deposit ID
10017155
MRDS ID
DC02999
Alternate names
Mary Murphy Mine, Mary Murphey
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
38.66861, -106.34861
References
SHARPS, 1963, COLO. SCH. MINES MINERAL IND. BULL., V.6, NO.6Mine Map Repo # 408148Mine Map Repo #4 07576Dings and Robinson, 1957, USGS Prof. Paper 289, p. 98-101.