Monarch Group

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

Name: Monarch Group  

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

Elevation: 2,178 Feet (664 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 34.2897, -114.29420

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Satelite image of the Monarch Group

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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