Monarch Mine

The Monarch Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,199 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 Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 33.98667, -112.59333

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Monarch Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Monarch Mine
Secondary: Jumbo Group
Secondary: Three Black Buttes
Secondary: Ryland


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Black Rock District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: D. P. Evans
Years: 1953 -

Owner Name: Jumbo Copper Co
Years: 1942 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1944
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e

Type: L
Description: Veins (And Genetically Related (?) Dikes) Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION MEASURED TO CENTER OF CLUSTER OF SHAFTS AND ADITS ALONG SOUTHERN BORDER OF SECTION 32. MONARCH INCLUDES EVERYTHING IN MIDDLE HALF OF SOUTHERN QUARTER OF SECTION 32

Comment (Development): INCLUDES THE HAZEL, SULPHURETTS, LUCK SURE, CARTHAGE, DENVER, AND WASHINGTON CLAIMS (PATENTED)

Comment (Workings): INCLUDES NUMEROUS SHAFTS AND TUNNELS OF WHICH SHAFT 5 IS THE DEEPEST (TIMBERED TO 510 FT LEVEL); OVERALL LENGTH FIGURE IS BASED ON LONGEST SINGLE TUNNEL

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS


References

Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): WEED, 1924, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XVI, P. 246

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA


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