The Monocco Mine is a copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,759 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,759 Feet (2,060 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.09194, -113.81806
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Monocco Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monocco Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Floyd Myers
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures (Ne, 75-90w), Faults (Nw, Ne) Offset Beds Afew Feet
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .01-.045 OZ/TON AU, 3.6-11.4 OZ/TON AG, 1-11 CU, 15.9 25.6 FE, 8.8 PB 2 ZN, 3.5 AS, 5 SN 3.5
Analytical Data: 1926
Analytical Data: 1920 AVG.: .002 OZ/TON AU, 3.52 OZ/TON AG, 10, CU, 88 PB
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Opal
Comments
Comment (Location): SW NE OF NE CONSISTS OF 12 CLAIMS
Comment (Production): 1926 ONE SHIPMENT OF CU, ORE, ONE SHIPMENT PB-AG ORE
Comment (Deposit): MANY FISSURES
Comment (Workings): MONOCCO MINE, INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL SMALL ADITS AND MANY PROSPECT PITS (13) AND 7 SHAFTS 20-25 FT DEEP.
Comment (Geology): LOCAL QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS ALONG FISSURES
References
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH; USGS PP. 177
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1973 MINEMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PHD. DISS., UTAH GEOL SURV. BULL, 99
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MESSENGER, H.M., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH,: USGS PP 177
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 99.
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