The Monarch Mine is a molybdenum mine located in Trinity county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Monarch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: UNKNOWN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Ferrimolybdite
Comments
Comment (Geology): PLOTS IN PRE-CRETACEOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS ON REDDING GEOLOGIC MAP. NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD M030132 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
Reference (Deposit): KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 4, P. 75.
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