The Monarch is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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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
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Monarch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch
Secondary: Alconda
Secondary: Mountain Lily
Secondary: Homestake
Secondary: Miner's Dream
Secondary: Independence
Secondary: No. 1 Snowflake
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
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: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): RICH ORE SHOOT 150 FT. ALONG FTWALL.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SW 1/4 18 NW 1/4 19
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, ORE SHOOT
Comment (Workings): 100 FT. SHAFT, 225 FT. CROSSCUT
Comment (Geology): 6 FT. AVE. THICK LODE OF QTZ. STRINGERS, DIPS 60 - 65 E, IN DECOMPOSED AMPHIBOLITE AT CONTACT OF SERPENTINE, AMPHIBOLITE & SLATE. SERPENTINE FOOTWALL, HANGING WALL SLATE & OXIDIZED AMPHIBOLITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SIERRA CO.: CSMB 16TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, DEC. 1918 , P. 103 , 104 .
Reference (Production): MACBOYLE, 1918
Reference (Deposit): MCCULLOCH, W. C., OESTERLING, W. A., SPURCK, W. H., & TISCHLER, M. S., 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N CALIF.: SO. PACIFIC COMPANY, VOL. 2 , P. 52 .
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 60 .
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