Murphy, Township of Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States

Alternative Names:	Christie Ford, Huntersville, Merfi, Murphy, Tlanusi'yi, mrfy karwlynay shmaly, myrfy, Мерфи, مرفی، کارولینای شمالی, ميرفي
Type:	Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:	Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
Region:	Township of Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States
Latitude:	35° 5' 15" N
Longitude:	84° 2' 4" W
Lat/Long (dec):	35.08758,-84.03463
Köppen climate type:	Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Elevation:	486m
Population:	1,615 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:	4481308
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:4481308:2
GUID:	5231760d-e485-469a-80e0-748ac16f4a39

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Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 5' 15" N	84° 2' 4" W	0.0km (0.0 miles)
Hitchcock Corp. Mines, Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 4' 59" N	84° 1' 59" W	0.5km (0.3 miles)
Quintrell Talc Prospect, Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 5' 27" N	84° 2' 19" W	0.6km (0.3 miles)
Cold Springs Talc Mine (Bourne Mine), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 5' 21" N	84° 2' 28" W	0.6km (0.4 miles)
Fain-Hitchcock mine, Valley River Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 5' 0" N	84° 2' 35" W	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Hall-Starbuck mine, Valley River Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 5' 47" N	84° 1' 45" W	1.1km (0.7 miles)
Murphy meteorite, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 6' 0" N	84° 1' 59" W	1.4km (0.9 miles)
Dockery mine, Valley River Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 5' 58" N	84° 1' 41" W	1.5km (0.9 miles)
Murphy Quarry, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 6' 0" N	84° 2' 26" W	1.5km (0.9 miles)
Nancy Jordan Talc Mine (Nancy Jordan Number 5 Mine; Hitchcock Mine), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 4' 54" N	84° 3' 2" W	1.6km (1.0 miles)
Section 6 Talc prospect, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 6' 6" N	84° 1' 33" W	1.8km (1.1 miles)
Blue Quarry (Regal Quarry), Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 6' 12" N	84° 1' 16" W	2.2km (1.3 miles)
Section 6 prospects (Section 6 Iron Workings), Valley River Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 6' 19" N	84° 1' 8" W	2.4km (1.5 miles)
Unnamed Talc Prospect (MRDS - 10026136), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 4' 32" N	84° 3' 30" W	2.5km (1.6 miles)
Eager Property, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 3' 59" N	84° 1' 25" W	2.5km (1.6 miles)
Mooney Place, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 3' 54" N	84° 1' 30" W	2.6km (1.6 miles)
Unnamed Churn Drill Hole Locality Occurrence (MRDS - 10026139), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 6' 32" N	84° 1' 1" W	2.9km (1.8 miles)
Savage Brothers Mine, Valley River Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 6' 29" N	84° 0' 51" W	2.9km (1.8 miles)
Regal Quarry, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 6' 44" N	84° 0' 39" W	3.5km (2.2 miles)
Unnamed Talc Mine (MRDS - 10026141), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 6' 48" N	84° 0' 44" W	3.5km (2.2 miles)
Unnamed Talc Prospect Area (MRDS - 10091881), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 6' 48" N	84° 0' 41" W	3.6km (2.2 miles)
Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10296948), Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 4' 11" N	84° 4' 4" W	3.6km (2.2 miles)
Unnamed Talc Prospect (MRDS - 10090054), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 4' 5" N	84° 4' 1" W	3.6km (2.3 miles)
Betts mine (Seeley Mine), Valley River Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 6' 49" N	84° 0' 14" W	4.0km (2.5 miles)
Regal Talc Mines, Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 7' 37" N	83° 59' 50" W	5.5km (3.4 miles)
Unnamed Talc Prospect (MRDS - 10026143), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 7' 49" N	83° 59' 35" W	6.1km (3.8 miles)
W. P. Smith Prospect, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 5' 32" N	83° 57' 57" W	6.3km (3.9 miles)
Mulberry Gap Talc Mine (Davis Mine; Hoffman Mine; Minerals and Metals Talc Mine; Hillyer Mine; Munsford Mine; Old Mill Mine), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 2' 54" N	84° 5' 22" W	6.6km (4.1 miles)
Carolina Talc Mine (Kinsey Mine; Bailey Mine; Notla Mine), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 2' 41" N	84° 5' 35" W	7.1km (4.4 miles)
Hayes Talc Mine, Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	35° 8' 20" N	83° 58' 49" W	7.5km (4.7 miles)

Minerals recorded nearby (within 7.5 km)

Rock types recorded nearby (within 7.5 km)

ⓘ Chert

ⓘ Clay

ⓘ IIAB iron meteorite

ⓘ Marble

ⓘ Mud

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Great Smoky Mountains Rift Basin, North America Plate	Basin
Laurentides Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
North Carolina, USA	State
Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA	County
Southeastern United States, USA	Area

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