Monarch Mine

The Monarch Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 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

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Site Name

Primary: Monarch Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Oro Blanco 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.

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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, LENSING

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw- And Ne- Trending Fault Zones

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Iron

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED LENSING FISSURE ZONE

Comment (Workings): MOSTLY SHALLOW OPEN CUT OPERATIONS

References

Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, MONARCH.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ.: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 64.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): ABM FILE DATA

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