The Monarch Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 31.415, -111.25028
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Monarch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Oro Blanco 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
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, LENSING
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw- And Ne- Trending Fault Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED LENSING FISSURE ZONE
Comment (Workings): MOSTLY SHALLOW OPEN CUT OPERATIONS
References
Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, MONARCH.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ.: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 64.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ABM FILE DATA
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