The Monarch Claim Group is a copper and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.45722, -117.51167
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Monarch Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Claim Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lida District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Ross, W. C. And Hays, George
Home Office: Lida
Years: 1909 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Palmetto Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE ORE CARRIES 36% CU, 25 OZ AG, $2.50 AU PER TON.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO 150 FEET TUNNELS.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF HIGH GRADE ORE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED IN THE 1900'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROOT, W.A., 1909, THE LIDA MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA: MINING WORLD, VOL. 31, NO. 2, P. 123-125
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.
