The Monarch Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 47.5847, -115.77420
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Monarch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Mine
Secondary: Coeur D'Alene North Fork
Secondary: Barton
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Silverado Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Year: 1890
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF BARTON GULCH. ON S SIDE OF PRICHARD CR
Comment (Deposit): VEINS DIP VERTICAL TO 75 DEG NE
Comment (Production): 20 CARS HIGH GRADE LEAD ORE, 5 CARS ZINC ORE AVG 45 % ZN. SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IN 1912.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62
Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P
Reference (Deposit): 1961 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 16
Reference (Production): BELL, R. N., 1913 , FOURTEENTH ANN. REPT. MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1912, P. 175
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P. J., 1961 , GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE COEUR D'ALENE MINING DISTRICT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 16
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.
Reference (Deposit): HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1027 - P, P. 743 - 744
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, SEPT. 30 , 1968
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