The Monica Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,970 feet.
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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: 4,970 Feet (1,515 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.27722, -112.78750
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Monica Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monica Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Rich Hill 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1954
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N20e To N-S
Type: L
Description: Veins Trend Nw And Dip At Less Than 40 Degrees
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM COORDINATES TO ADIT NEAR END OF ROAD. ADIT ON SHAMROCK #3 PATENTED CLAIM. INCLINED SHAFT ON MONICA CLAIM IN FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 28
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE SHAMROCK #3, YELLOW STONE, MOONSHINE, PAPOOSE, MONICA, NUGGET, RED ROCK, AND OTHERS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN OF QUARTZ APPARENTLY NOT CONTROLLED BY ANDESITE DIKES. BOTH ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE DIKES ARE CUT BY TUNNEL BUT NO APPARENT MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
Comment (Workings): 1200 FT LONG TUNNEL CONNECTS TO INCLINED RAISE WHICH SURFACES 2260 FT SOUTH 50 E FROM MAIN ADIT. OVERALL AREA PROBABLY OVER ESTIMATED.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS. ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES TREND NORTHWEST AND APPARENTLY ARE NOT RELATED TO THE VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE CLIPPINGS
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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