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Mary Murphy Mine, Chalk Creek

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: galena, sphalerite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Chalk Creek canyon gold-silver mine with big dumps below St. Elmo

Well known Chaffee County site in collecting guides.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

altitude, old structures

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