Monarch Mine

The Monarch Mine is a molybdenum mine located in Trinity county, California.

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 Mine  

State:  California

County:  Trinity

Elevation:

Commodity: Molybdenum

Lat, Long: 40.96667, -122.91667

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Monarch Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Monarch Mine


Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: California
County: Trinity


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein


Orebody

Form: UNKNOWN


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Ferrimolybdite


Comments

Comment (Geology): PLOTS IN PRE-CRETACEOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS ON REDDING GEOLOGIC MAP. NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE

Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD M030132 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED


References

Reference (Deposit): KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA

Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 4, P. 75.


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