The Monarch Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.98667, -112.59333
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Monarch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Mine
Secondary: Jumbo Group
Secondary: Three Black Buttes
Secondary: Ryland
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Black Rock District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: D. P. Evans
Years: 1953 -
Owner Name: Jumbo Copper Co
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1944
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 Schist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e
Type: L
Description: Veins (And Genetically Related (?) Dikes) Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION MEASURED TO CENTER OF CLUSTER OF SHAFTS AND ADITS ALONG SOUTHERN BORDER OF SECTION 32. MONARCH INCLUDES EVERYTHING IN MIDDLE HALF OF SOUTHERN QUARTER OF SECTION 32
Comment (Development): INCLUDES THE HAZEL, SULPHURETTS, LUCK SURE, CARTHAGE, DENVER, AND WASHINGTON CLAIMS (PATENTED)
Comment (Workings): INCLUDES NUMEROUS SHAFTS AND TUNNELS OF WHICH SHAFT 5 IS THE DEEPEST (TIMBERED TO 510 FT LEVEL); OVERALL LENGTH FIGURE IS BASED ON LONGEST SINGLE TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WEED, 1924, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XVI, P. 246
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
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