Monarch 1

The Monarch 1 is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,903 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Monarch 1
Secondary: Monarch
Secondary: Monarch Nos.1-4
Secondary: Monarch 2

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Wilderness
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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1940
Description: Production Reported 59 Pounds Copper
Year: 1940
Description: Production Reported 78 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1940
Description: Production Reported 182 Pounds Lead
Year: 1940
Description: Production Reported 522 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1924
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Albite
Unknown: Plagioclase
Unknown: Oligoclase
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Sphene

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE WAS TRANSPORTED EAST BY AERIAL TRAM TO A ROAD AT 1500 FT. ANOTHER TRAM FROM SOUTH END OF THE ROAD COMPLETED HAULAGE TO BEACH. THE ORE WAS THEN TAKEN TO LEMESURIER ISLAND FOR PROCESSING. CLAIM LAPSED; NO CURRENT OWNER. SOME PRODUCTION WAS PROBABLY FROM SURFACE TRENCHING. PAST PRODUCTION FROM REID INLET IS NOT CLEARLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO MINE FROM WHICH ORE CAME. THEREFORE THE HISTORY OF PRODUCTION FOR THIS DEPOSIT INCLUDES AT LEAST PART OF THE PRODUCTION FROM THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES:INCAS, RAINBOW, GALENA NO. 1 AND SUNRISE.

References

Reference (Deposit): B1058B pp. 37, 39, 48-52

Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 160

Reference (Deposit): P632 pp. 60-62

Reference (Deposit): MF436

Reference (Deposit): OF78-316 p. 37

Reference (Deposit): OF78-494 pp. C217-C220

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