The Monarch Group is a mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,178 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 2,178 Feet (664 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 34.2897, -114.29420
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Monarch Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Group
Secondary: Moulton Mine
Secondary: Red Cross Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Monumental District
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Federal Government-Bureau Of Land Management
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 1-24-76-WORKINGS EXTEND OVER AREA MEASURING APPROX 600M BY 46 1-24-76-DEPOSIT MAY BE HYDROTHERMAL IN ORIGIN, BUT APPEAR TO 1-24-76-ASSOC HEMATITE SEEMS MOREABUNDANT THAN MN--ALSO MINO
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5579, 1960, P. 40-41.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987, P. 59-65.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 203.
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