The Monarch Claims is a iron mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.93861, -112.93917
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Monarch Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Claims
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Cricket Mtns
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: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Owner Name: Dwayne Rasmunson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1960
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Cricket Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Local Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ground Water Leaching
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKED WITH HAND TOOLS ONLY
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Production): ORAL COMMUNICATION WITH DWAYNE RASMUNSEN (CLAIM HOLDER)
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