The Monarch Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.70583, -108.17639
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Monarch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Mine
Secondary: New York Mine: Unpatented Claim
Secondary: Monarch
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: New York
Secondary: Good Hope
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Lone Mountain 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM AND TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 847 AND 848 COVERING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 58 ACRES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS ON THE MONARCH CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910 CONSISTED OF A 100 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 320-321
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 69
Reference (Deposit): PRATT, W. P., 1967 USGS BULL 1241-E, P. 82-84, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): LINDGREN, 1910, P. 321, REPORTED THE MONARCH MINE WAS THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER OF THE LONE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.
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