The Monarch Mine is a gold mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,561 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.92028, -119.61028
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Monarch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site # 3453
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Gardnerville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N40w/90
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): SML. AMT. OF GOLD PRODUCED IN EARLY YEARS AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD AND SILVER IN 1958
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD IN THE EARLY PERIOD OF ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD AND SILVER IN 1958. (TINGLEY, 1988).
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED, LENTICULAR PODS OF MILKY WHITE QUARTZ CUT BRECCIATED META-ANDESITE. VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS CLOTS OF CHLORITE AND LARGE LIMONITE-FILLED BOXWORKS.
Comment (Workings): TWO OLD VERTICAL SHAFTS AND CUTS; A RECENT OPEN PIT LOCATED IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE OLD SHAFTS HAS REMOVED AN INCLINE SHAFT THAT FORMERLY CONNECTED WITH THE VERTICAL SHAFTS. THE PIT IS ABOUT 100 FT. BY 50 FT. AND 50 FT. DEEP WITH VERY STEEP WALLS AND A STEEP RAMP. PRESENT MINING ACTIVITY CONSISTS OF MINING DUMPS, TALUS, & BRECCIATED VEIN WALL ROCK MATERIAL NEAR THE COLLAR OF THE OLD SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., NBMG SAMPLE # 3453 SITE VISIT, DEC. 14, 1988.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
