The Monarch Ranch is a copper, cobalt, chromium, and nickel mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,850 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: 6,850 Feet (2,088 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Cobalt, Chromium, Nickel
Lat, Long: 38.52944, -116.89667
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Monarch Ranch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Ranch
Secondary: Monarch Star
Secondary: Copper Blue Area
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Cobalt
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Nickel
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Belmont 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: Pilot Exploration
Years: 1965 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization, Argillization
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OVER 2 % CU.
Analytical Data: 500 PPM CO
Analytical Data: 3000 PPM CR
Analytical Data: MAXIMUM VALUES IN SAMPLES: 3000 PPM NI
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NI, CR, AND CO WERE FOUND IN SERPENTINITE. ALSO, TURQUOISE WAS MINED ALONG A FAULT, AND CHRYSOTILE WAS SEEN IN FRACTURES CUTTING SERPENTINITE.
Comment (Development): THE PROPERTY WAS DRILLED IN 1960. MAGNETIC AND I. P. SURVEYS WERE MADE BY PILOT EXPLORATION IN 1965, FOLLOWED BY LIMITED PHYSICAL EXPLORATION.
Comment (Workings): DRILL HOLES
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Geology): SERPENTINIZED BODY APPEARS TO BE UPFAULTED BLOCK; SEPARATED BY ALLUVIUM FROM OUTCROP OF DIABASE ON THE EAST. A 400-FT DRILL HOLE REMAINED IN SERPENTINITE ALL THE WAY, BUT ANOTHER BOTTOMED IN ORDOVICIAN TRANSITIONAL ROCKS SIMILAR TO THOSE AT MANHATTAN. DOLOMITIC MASSES FAULTED AGAINST THE SERPENTINITE MAY BE CAMBRIAN, AND ARE PROBABLY ALTERED SEDIMENTARY BEDS, AND NOT CARBONATIZED SERPENTINITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY; NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)
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.
