The Monarch-Rand is a silver, gold, and tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Monarch-Rand MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch-Rand
Secondary: Jersey Lily Group of Claims:
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Rand Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Monarch-Rand Mining Co., Ponoma, California
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED $48/TON, CHIEFLY IN GOLD
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): 300 FT SHAFT AND 500 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 118, 168 AND 218 FT. ORIGINAL WORKINGS APPROXIMATELY 1600 FT SE OF BALTIC SHAFT. WORKING AGREEMENT EXISTED WHEREBY PROPERTY WOULD BE EXPLORED BY A CROSSCUT DRIVEN FROM 300 FT LEVEL OF THE GARFORD LEASE SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): K4:GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE
Comment (Location): 3 MILES SE OF RANDSBURG
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 3.5 FT THICK. OCCURS ON HANGING WALL OF QUARTZ LATITE DIKE. VEIN IS TRUNCATGED ON TOP, BOTTOM AND BOTH ENDS BY FAULTS. ALSO SEVERAL STRINGER ZONES.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 138-139.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 58.
Reference (Production): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 139.
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