Monitor Claim

The Monitor Claim is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,841 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

Name: Monitor Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.