The Monarch Mine is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 7,251 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,251 Feet (2,210 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 46.40694, -112.40278
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Monarch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Elliston District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Monarch Minerals, Inc.
Home Office: D.L. Jones, Mgr. Box 33, Helena, Mt. 59601
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized, Argillization, And By Addition Of Disseminated & Sulfide Minerals.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW SLOPE OF BISON MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)
Comment (Production): $1,000,000 IN ORE UP TO 1916. PROBABLY LARGEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS, A SHAFT, AND DRIFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 266-67.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 527, P. 79.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 98, P. 13, 50.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1151, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 109, P. 17.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 98, P. 50; USGS BULL 842, P. 266-67.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
