The Monitor Claim is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,841 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,841 Feet (2,085 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.53917, -117.11833
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Monitor Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monitor Claim
Secondary: Monarch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Duval Copr.
Owner Name: Duval Corp.
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Golconda Thrust, Dewitt Thrust
Type: L
Description: Monitor Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON RIDGE EAST OF COPPER CANYON
Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD AND SILVER
Comment (Development): SOUTHERN PART OF THE INDEPENDENCE CLAIM GROUP, NOW PART OF DUVAL'S OPEN PIT MINE, COPPER CANYON, EAST OREBODY
Comment (Deposit): MONITOR FAULT ZONE
Comment (Workings): ADITS, CUTS, PIT
Comment (Deposit): THIS IS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE INDEPENDENCE CLAIM GROUP. WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND CUTS. AREA IS NOW PART OF DUVAL'S OPEN PIT ON THE COPPER CANYON EAST ORE-BODY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES; NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
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.
